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This book offers an empirical and comparative analysis of how networks linking business elites and political actors shaped institutional development in post‑communist Eastern Europe. Based on original data from eleven post‑socialist countries — with detailed case studies of Bulgaria, Poland and Romania — it argues that the emergence of stable, broadly distributive market institutions depended not just on political competition but also on dense political‑business networks. The work challenges the view that market reforms alone suffice, highlighting instead the role of informal ties, elite mobility, and uncertainty in determining divergent institutional outcomes across transitioning economies.

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245: $a: Networks and Institutions in Europe’s Emerging Markets
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100: $a: Roger Schoenman
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250: $b: Cambridge University Press
250: $c: 2014
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