Path Dependence and Capital Theory: Sociology of the Post-Communist Economic Transformation
Path Dependence and Capital Theory: Sociology of the Post-Communist Economic Transformation
Author(s): Ákos Róna-TasSubject(s): Political history, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Political economy, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation, Sociology of Politics
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Political history; collapse of communism; postcommunist transformation; economic transformation; capitalism; capital theory; sociology; institutional change;
Summary/Abstract: After the unexpected collapse of communism and its humbling effect on social science, social scientists leaped with great vigor to explain and guide the post-communist transformation. Undaunted by their failure to foresee the most momentous event to have taken place in the second half of the twentieth century, scholars quickly stepped forward to dispense advice, construct scenarios, draw up master plans, and provide analysis and insight, as well as construct and test theories. Economics and, to a lesser extent, political science have been in the forefront of this whirlwind of activities. Sociology has taken a back seat in the ride from communism. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 12/1998
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 107-131
- Page Count: 25
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF