Redefining the State: Privatization and Welfare Reform in Industrial and Transit

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Spulber examines historically the changes, debates, and innovations which have shaped the role of the state in relation to different types of economy - covering a wide range of issues concerning the public and private sectors, and essential to an understanding of this important issue.

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Professor Spulber traces the role of the state in the West and East for more than two centuries along parallel lines--first from the creation of the Welfare State in the West, and the Party-State in the East, to reform of the Western Welfare State by means of privatization and entitlement changes, to transmutations in the East through large scale privatizations and the creation of the "nomenklatura capitalism." He establishes an original connection between dismantling state enterprises and limitation of government functions at all levels in the West, and the collapse and then restructuring of the state on new foundations in the East.

Author Biography

Spulber-Emeritus, Indiana University

Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. Rationale for the State's Expansion: 1. Public ownership and welfare; 2. An all-encompassing party-State; Part II. Methods of Remodelling the State: 3. Limiting the State's size and scope; 4. Restructuring the State's foundations; Part III. Comparisons within Broader Frameworks: 5. Options and outcomes in the industrial economies; 6. Options and outcomes in the transitional economies; Part IV. Outlook for the Twenty-First Century: 7. Contraction vs expansion of the scope of the State; Notes; Index.

Review

"I know of no other work of scholarship that takes on this topic with such scope, magnitude, impartiality, and historical breadth. The author's approach is both theoretical and empirical, and the author presents a non-ideological and dispassionate analysis on a subject on which most people disagree. What is remarkable is Spulber's ability to carry major trends through the late 1990s - a feat that requires careful evaluation of current non-scholarly writings. Spulber's is one of the best explanations of events in transition Russia. I think this book will find its audience among economic historians, students of comparative economics, and general economists, historians, and political scientists." Paul Gregory, University of Houston "This excellent book establishes an original and unusual connection between welfare reform and the dismantling of state enterprise, as well as the limitation of government function at all levels, as forms of the general phenomenon of downsizing of the state. It is impressively thorough and rich with evidence and general information; it has great topicality and immediate policy relevance." D. Mario Nuti, University of Rome, 'La Sapienza' and the London Business School "The importance of the two issues - transition in the East, the downsizing of the state in the West - this work addresses need not be stressed. A large literature is dedicated to each of them. Nicolas Spulber's book is special, however, inasmuch as it considers the two sets of issues in parallel and under a perspective which is mainly historical. I think this is a most welcome addition to the available literature." Pierre Salmon, University of Bourgogne "If you're looking for a crisp overview of the role of the state in the West and the East over two centuries, this book is a great place to begin. And if you want to dig deeper in any area, just follow the author's up-to-date and comprehensive citations." Ravi Ramamurti, Business History Review

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Professor Spulber traces the role of the state in the West and East for more than two centuries.

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"This excellent book establishes an original and unusual connection between welfare reform and the dismantling of state enterprise, as well as the limitation of government function at all levels, as forms of the general phenomenon of downsizing of the state. It is impressively thorough and rich with evidence and general information; it has great topicality and immediate policy relevance." D. Mario Nuti, University of Rome, 'La Sapienza' and the London Business School

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Professor Spulber traces the role of the state in the West and East for more than two centuries.

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Spulber examines historically the changes, debates, and innovations which have shaped the role of the state in relation to different types of economy - covering a wide range of issues concerning the public and private sectors, and essential to an understanding of this important issue.

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Spulber examines historically the changes, debates, and innovations which have shaped the role of the state in relation to different types of economy - covering a wide range of issues concerning the public and private sectors, and essential to an understanding of this important issue.

Details ISBN0521594251 Author Nicolas Spulber Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 1997 ISBN-10 0521594251 ISBN-13 9780521594257 Format Hardcover Publication Date 1997-10-13 Imprint Cambridge University Press Subtitle Privatization and Welfare Reform in Industrial and Transitional Economies Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 330.9 Short Title REDEFINING THE STATE Language English Media Book Residence US Pages 274 Affiliation Indiana University DOI 10.1604/9780521594257 UK Release Date 1997-10-13 AU Release Date 1997-10-13 NZ Release Date 1997-10-13 Illustrations 22 Tables, unspecified; 3 Line drawings, unspecified Alternative 9780511664878 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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