02340nam a22003378a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141020003000170040002400200050002300224082001600247100002800263245012400291246004600415264005200461300005900513336002600572337002600598338003600624490004600660500007300706520107000779776003501849830004701884856007101931CR9780511779718UkCbUP20180107143413.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||100519s2010||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9780511779718 (ebook)  z9780521767736 (hardback)  z9780521734622 (paperback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aJZ6300 b.F79 201000a338.9472221 aFrye, Timothy,eauthor.10aBuilding States and Markets after Communism :bThe Perils of Polarized Democracy / [electronic resource]cTimothy Frye.3 aBuilding States & Markets after Communism 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2010.  a1 online resource (314 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aCambridge Studies in Comparative Politics  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aDoes democracy promote the creation of market economies and robust state institutions? Do state-building and market-building go hand in hand? Or do they work at cross-purposes? This book examines the relationship between state-building and market-building in 25 post-communist countries from 1990 to 2004. Based on cross-national statistical analyses, surveys of business managers, and case studies from Russia, Bulgaria, Poland, and Uzbekistan, Timothy Frye demonstrates that democracy is associated with more economic reform, stronger state institutions, and higher social transfers when political polarization is low. But he also finds that increases in political polarization dampen the positive impact of democracy by making policy less predictable. He traces the roots of political polarization to high levels of income inequality and the institutional legacy of communist rule. By identifying when and how democracy fosters markets and states, this work contributes to long-standing debates in comparative politics, public policy, and post-communist studies.08iPrint version: z9780521767736 0aCambridge Studies in Comparative Politics.40uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511779718zCambridge Books Online