{"product_id":"socialist-economic-integration-aspects-of-contemporary-economic-problems-in-eastern-europe-paperback-9780521153041","title":"Socialist Economic Integration; Aspects of Contemporary Economic Problems in Eastern Europe (Paperback) 9780521153041","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSocialist Economic Integration\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAspects of Contemporary Economic Problems in Eastern Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1980 book examines the history of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance and attempts to assess the probable future of economic integration.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJozef M. van Brabant (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521153041, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 March 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e380 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.1 cm, 0.48 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFirst published in 1980, this book offers an account of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA), the regional institution overseeing East European economic integration at the time. The author pursues three main themes in analyzing the sluggish pace of East European integration on trade, the role of East–West relations in the integration process, and the future of integration in the 1980s. Firstly he maintains that the integration process was delayed because of the confused postwar situation and disagreement among leaders of the region over a common economic programme for reconstruction and sustained growth. Secondly, he argues that the postwar development strategy and central planning of the economies inhibited regional cooperation. Finally the author contends that the organization and policy guidelines of the CMEA fell far short of what would seem to be needed to further integration.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The initial framework of East European economic cooperation\u003cbr\u003e 2. Salient features of domestic economic developments\u003cbr\u003e 3. The role and organization of trade\u003cbr\u003e 4. The evolution of the Council\u003cbr\u003e 5. Socialist economic integration in retrospect and issues for the future\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Macroeconomics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Macroeconomics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Macroeconomics%20%5BKCB%5D%22\"\u003eKCB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46297206882584,"sku":"9780521153041","price":39.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/socialist-economic-integration-aspects-of-contemporary-economic-problems-in-eastern-europe-paperback-9780521153041","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}