Recenzija, Prikaz slučaja
Milica Uvalić, Serbia’s Transition: Towards a Better Future, Basingstoke, Hampshire, Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, 344 pages
Saša Čvrljak
; Institut za međunarodne odnose, IMO, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Sažetak
Milica Uvalić offers deep and comprehensive analysis of the most complex transition in the entire post-communist Europe. She assesses well both internal and external variables, and excellently combines economy and political science in developing analytical framework. Indeed, despite relying on hard-economic data and offering in-depth analysis of Serbia’s economic transition, the author assesses well the political sociology of Milošević’s regime, traits of “state capture” and crony capitalism and flaws of democratic consolidation. When analyzing the post-2001 period, she emphasizes the crucial importance of the cluster of institutions underpinning market-economy because internationally sponsored economic reforms often turn into a nutshell if they are not complemented with improvements in for instance public sector or competition policy. This book is particularly relevant nowadays because it evaluates the debate about the “new growth model”, an alternative economic blueprint that stresses the importance of domestic financial markets, strong institutions and diversified production. This new framework argues for a proactive role of government that has to undertake vital structural reforms in fiscal and labour sectors. Finally, since Croatia and Serbia share good perspectives of becoming strategic partners in the region, especially taking into consideration the newest EU integration dynamics, this book can be of vast importance for understanding political and economic developments in Serbia. Therefore, it could be strongly recommended to policy-makers, diplomats, entrepreneurs, public officials and scholars interested in post-communist transitions.
Ključne riječi
Democratic consolidation; economic transition; EU integration; structural reforms; economic growth model
Hrčak ID:
69533
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.12.2010.
Posjeta: 743 *