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Rethinking 'Democratic Backsliding' in Central and Eastern Europe

This book seeks to inject fresh thinking into the debate on democratic deterioration in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) viewing ‘democratic backsliding’ through the prism of a range of cases beyond Hungary and Poland to redress the imbalance in current scholarship. Over the past decade a consensus has emerged that democracy in CEE is sharply deteriorating perhaps even ‘backsliding’ into new forms of authoritarianism. Debate has however so far focused disproportionately on the two most dramatic and surprising cases: Hungary and Poland. This book reflects on the ‘backsliding’ debate through the experience of CEE countries such as the Czech Republic Bulgaria Latvia and Estonia; as well as neighbouring post-communist regions such as the Western Balkans and former Soviet Union (cases such as Moldova and Ukraine) whose patterns of failing or partial democratisation may be newly instructive for analysing the development of CEE. Contributors present less frequently considered perspectives on ‘democratic backsliding’ in the CEE region such as the role of oligarchisation and wealth concentration; the potential of ethnographical approaches to democracy evaluation; the trade-offs between democratic quality and democratic stability; and the long-term interplay between social movements state-building and democratisation. This book was originally published as a special issue of East European Politics. | Rethinking 'Democratic Backsliding' in Central and Eastern Europe

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Internationalization in Central and Eastern Europe

This title was first published in 2002: This is a unique volume among the existing variety of publications on foreign direct investment (FDI) in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) because it focuses on the internationalization process taking place there. It addresses the rapid changes of the business climate in the region that have led to intensive internationalization of companies businesses and national economies. Existing FDI books have mostly taken the perspective of attracting inward FDI flows missing the aspect of FDI outflows from CEE countries. While foreign investors face the specific context of a region that poses new requirements to their internationalization strategies approaches and practices domestic companies must strive to make their businesses international. Consequently the book presents the features of internationalization in CEE from home and host company and country perspectives providing a fresh perspective on this major economic problem. | Internationalization in Central and Eastern Europe

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Labour Market Institutions and Productivity Labour Utilisation in Central and Eastern Europe

This book explains the role of formal labour market institutions in keeping the labour utilisation in Central and Eastern Europe above the level characteristic for Western European states. It provides an innovative and enriching take on labour utilisation at large and how various formal labour market institutions can affect the ongoing trend in labour utilisation in a way that is not covered by the extant literature. The impact of labour market institutions on labour market outcomes is analysed throughout 12 chapters both from a cross-country perspective and in detailed case-studies by 21 labour market experts from various CEE countries. Most chapters are based on empirical methods yet are presented in an easy-to-follow way in order to make the book also accessible for a non-scientific audience. The volume explores three key questions: How can labour utilisation be increased by labour market institutions? Which CEE countries managed to create a labour market institutional framework beneficial for labour utilisation? How should the labour market institutions in CEE countries be reformed in order to increase labour utilisation? The book argues that the legacy of transition reforms and a centrally planned past is still relevant in explaining common patterns among CEE countries and concludes that increasing the stock of skills accumulated by the employed and improving utilisation of these skills seems to be the first-best solution to increase labour utilisation. The book will be of interest to post-graduate researchers and academics in the fields of labour economics regional economics and macroeconomics as well as scholars interested in adopting an institutional analysis approach. Additionally due to the broader policy implications of the topic the book will appeal to policymakers and experts interested in labour economics. | Labour Market Institutions and Productivity Labour Utilisation in Central and Eastern Europe

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Climate and Energy Politics in Poland Debating Carbon Dioxide and Shale Gas

Climate and Energy Politics in Poland: Debating Carbon Dioxide and Shale Gas presents a new object-oriented perspective on the challenge faced by Poland the largest post-socialist EU member state from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to produce knowledge about its energy system in the context of climate change. Drawing on data from five different research projects and two hundred interviews Lis reflects on how EU accession forced Poland to mobilize their resources and produce expertise on carbon dioxide and shale gas in order to actively participate in the debates around EU climate change ambitions and goals. A significant lack of capacity and expert institutions made it difficult for Poland to quickly assess the impacts of EU legislation or to propose new solutions for itself and it is precisely this struggle for knowledge production that will be examined during the course of the book. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy and resource politics climate change EU environmental policy and CEE studies more broadly. | Climate and Energy Politics in Poland Debating Carbon Dioxide and Shale Gas

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Digital Labour Markets in Central and Eastern European Countries COVID-19 and the Future of Work

This book examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on changing labour markets and accelerating digitalisation of the workplace in Central and Eastern Europe. It provides an innovative and enriching take on the work experience from the pandemic times and discusses the challenges of ongoing changes in labour markets and workplaces in a way that is not covered by the extant literature. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and digitalisation on labour market outcomes is analysed throughout 12 chapters by 34 labour market experts from various CEE countries. Most chapters are based on empirical methods yet are presented in an easy-to-follow way to make the book also accessible for a non-scientific audience. The volume addresses the three key goals: to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the adoption of workplace digitalisation in the selected labour markets in CEE countries and the potential trade-offs facing those who do and do not have access to this benefit to complement the labour market research by incorporating the outputs of changing demand for skills to contribute new insight into policies and regulations that govern the future of work The book argues that the recent COVID-19 pandemic was a sombre reminder of the relevance and necessity of digital technology for a variety of sectors and market activities. It concludes that to downside the risks of vanishing jobs as well as to minimise the threats and maximise the opportunities of digitalisation in CEE countries labour market partners need to consider an effective governance tool in terms of inclusive access to the digital environment re-skilling and balanced regulations of the more problematic facets of digital work. The book will be of interest to postgraduate researchers and academics in the fields of labour economics regional economics and macroeconomics. Additionally due to the broader policy implications of the topic the book will appeal to policymakers and experts interested in labour economics. The Introduction Chapters 4 and 12 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | Digital Labour Markets in Central and Eastern European Countries COVID-19 and the Future of Work

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Brexit and the Future of the European Union Firm-Level Perspectives

Following the British referendum held on June 23 2016 voters supported the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union (EU) (Brexit) a starting point for the third round of European crisis following the eurozone debt crisis and the migration crisis. This volume provides an overview of the process and consequences of Brexit for EU member states with an emphasis on possible future EU-UK relations and a particular focus on countries in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). The authors assess the extent to which firms in CEE states have already put in place strategies to counter the new economic reality post-Brexit and identify the strategies that firms are exploiting to better cope with the anticipated implications of Brexit. The book includes a ranking of countries most and least likely to be affected by Brexit; identification of the main determinants of the expansion of companies on the British market and the creation of a typology of strategies used by these companies in the face of Brexit. The book stands out as a complex and multidimensional research work that draws its roots from distinct yet simultaneously interlinked research areas. It will find a broad audience among academics and students across diverse fields of study as well as practitioners and policy makers. It is a key reference for all those who want to better understand the complex nature of Brexit and its implications not only for EU member states but first and foremost the business environment. | Brexit and the Future of the European Union Firm-Level Perspectives

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