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100			_aMcDermott, Gerald A.
245			_aInstitutional change and firm creation in east-central Europe: an embedded politics approach
260			_c2004
300			_ap.188-217.
362			_aMar
520			_aA central debate about the transformation of postcommunist countries is how political approaches to institution building affect firm restructuring and creation. This debate has largely been dominated by theories that emphasize either the depoliticization of institutional designs or the determining impact of preexisting social structures. By examining the relative economic performance of Poland and the Czech Republic in the 1990s, this article offers an alternative, embedded politics analysis that views firm and institutional creation as interwined experiments. Czech attempts to implant a depoliticized model of reform impended institutional development and the reorganization of sociopolitical networks, in which firms are embedded. Poland facilitated institutional experiments not only in the ways it promoted negotiated solutions to restructuring but also in the ways it empowered subnational governments. The study utilizes data on manufacturing networks, privatization, bankruptcy, and regional government reforms collected between 1993 and 2000. - Reproduced.
650			_aEast Central Europe - Politics and government
650			_aPolitics and government
773			_aComparative Political Studies
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999			_c60738 _d60738