Introduction: Ex occidente lux?
Introduction: Ex occidente lux?
Author(s): János Mátyás KovácsSubject(s): Political history, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation, Editorial
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Liberalization; democratization; market economy; Eastern Europe; liberal thinking; post-socialism; economic reforms;
Summary/Abstract: Rawls or Nozick? Hayek or Friedman? Thatcher or Palme? Liberalization or democratization? Free market or social market economy? Finlandization or "Deutschlandization"?-such questions as these may be misleading in a refined scholarly analysis of liberal thought. Nevertheless, they can provoke stimulating discussions at a conference about the prospects for liberalism in Eastern Europe held some months after the fall of the Wall. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 05/1991
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 1-4
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English