Author: Jozsef Hegedus
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134911440
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Reform of Housing in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
Author: Jozsef Hegedus
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134911440
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134911440
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Housing Policy Reforms in Post-Socialist Europe
Author: Sasha Tsenkova
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3790821152
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The book explores both theoretically and empirically the impacts of housing reforms on housing provision in the context of the transition from a centrally-planned to a market-based economy. Fifteen years after the overthrow of state socialism housing policy has lost its privileged status of a political priority as most politically emb- ded systems had favoured market-based solutions to housing problems. This dep- ture from state controlled housing policies with the aim of providing a dwelling for every family is significant, particularly in some post-socialist countries where no new housing policy has emerged. The transition process, embedded in the paradigm shift from central planning to markets, has triggered off turbulence and adjustments with tangible outcomes in post-socialist housing systems. What has changed and what new housing systems have emerged during this dramatic ‘transition to markets and democracy’? Are these systems more efficient and equitable? These questions are the main focus of the book with an emphasis on diversity and change in housing reforms. The book supports the hypothesis that notions of convergence are not really appropriate to the conceptualisation of post-socialist housing systems. It argues that different housing policy choices are going to map out increasingly divergent s- nario for future development.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3790821152
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The book explores both theoretically and empirically the impacts of housing reforms on housing provision in the context of the transition from a centrally-planned to a market-based economy. Fifteen years after the overthrow of state socialism housing policy has lost its privileged status of a political priority as most politically emb- ded systems had favoured market-based solutions to housing problems. This dep- ture from state controlled housing policies with the aim of providing a dwelling for every family is significant, particularly in some post-socialist countries where no new housing policy has emerged. The transition process, embedded in the paradigm shift from central planning to markets, has triggered off turbulence and adjustments with tangible outcomes in post-socialist housing systems. What has changed and what new housing systems have emerged during this dramatic ‘transition to markets and democracy’? Are these systems more efficient and equitable? These questions are the main focus of the book with an emphasis on diversity and change in housing reforms. The book supports the hypothesis that notions of convergence are not really appropriate to the conceptualisation of post-socialist housing systems. It argues that different housing policy choices are going to map out increasingly divergent s- nario for future development.
Social Housing in Transition Countries
Author: Jozsef Hegedus
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415890144
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
This book examines the large-scale social housing programs begun in Eastern and Central Europe after 2000 as an attempt to mitigate the inequality and declining standards of living that took hold in the region after the wave of privatizations that accompanied the political turn of the 1990s. It provides both case studies and theoretical frameworks for evaluating their successes and failures.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0415890144
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
This book examines the large-scale social housing programs begun in Eastern and Central Europe after 2000 as an attempt to mitigate the inequality and declining standards of living that took hold in the region after the wave of privatizations that accompanied the political turn of the 1990s. It provides both case studies and theoretical frameworks for evaluating their successes and failures.
How the Other Half Lives
Author: Jacob Riis
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 145850042X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 145850042X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Transformation of Cities in Central and Eastern Europe
Author: F. E. Ian Hamilton
Publisher: United Nations University Press
ISBN: 9280811053
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
Annotation This volume is one in a series initiated by the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies on the inter-relationship between globalisation and urban transformation. It identifies and describes the inter- and intra-urban transformations of Central and Eastern European cities and considers their pre-1945 historic legacies, the socialist period, and their contemporary transition towards market oriented and democratic systems. The dramatic changes since 1989 including the collapse of Communist ideology, the break-up of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, the end of the Cold War and the impact of globalisation and European integration, have reconfigured this region and affected their re-integration into European and global networks. This book first examines the similarities and differences between significant Central and Eastern European cities, comparing the differing patterns of historical context and socialist legacies before 1990, and the impacts of internal and external forces on re-shaping these cities and their paths of transformation since 1990. It also examines the role of contemporary planning within the overall development of Central and Eastern European cities. The conclusion demonstrates the similarities and differences between Central and Eastern European cities and their re-integration into global networks.
Publisher: United Nations University Press
ISBN: 9280811053
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 539
Book Description
Annotation This volume is one in a series initiated by the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies on the inter-relationship between globalisation and urban transformation. It identifies and describes the inter- and intra-urban transformations of Central and Eastern European cities and considers their pre-1945 historic legacies, the socialist period, and their contemporary transition towards market oriented and democratic systems. The dramatic changes since 1989 including the collapse of Communist ideology, the break-up of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, the end of the Cold War and the impact of globalisation and European integration, have reconfigured this region and affected their re-integration into European and global networks. This book first examines the similarities and differences between significant Central and Eastern European cities, comparing the differing patterns of historical context and socialist legacies before 1990, and the impacts of internal and external forces on re-shaping these cities and their paths of transformation since 1990. It also examines the role of contemporary planning within the overall development of Central and Eastern European cities. The conclusion demonstrates the similarities and differences between Central and Eastern European cities and their re-integration into global networks.
Skills, Not Just Diplomas
Author: Lars Sondergaard
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821380966
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Future growth in the countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) will increasingly depend on innovation. And innovation requires skills. This makes it important, as countries plan for recovery, to undertake reforms to reduce the skills shortages that the previous growth episode exposed. Education systems have a very important role to play in creating the right skills. But education systems in the region fall short of the demands of their economies in two major ways. The first is that despite high levels of enrollment they do not produce enough graduates with the right skills. Students graduate with diplomas, not with skills, because the quality of the education for many students is poor. In large part this is because education systems remain focused on providing an excellent education to a few at the expense of improving the quality of learning for the majority. Moreover, the systems are still making the transition from teaching the basics to inculcating higher order skills such as critical-thinking and problem solving. The second way in which education systems fall short is that outside of a few countries in the EU there are few opportunities for adults to retrain, or acquire new skills. This book argues that generating more of the right skills requires a fundamental change of approach in the education systems in the region so that they aim for, and deliver, higher quality education for the vast majority of students (not just diplomas but skills). To start with, education systems need to turn the lights on and take seriously the measurement of what students actually learn as opposed to measurement of the inputs into the education process on the implicit assumption that learning follows. Policy makers also need to move away from the focus on inputs and processes and increase the emphasis on incentives.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821380966
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Future growth in the countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA) will increasingly depend on innovation. And innovation requires skills. This makes it important, as countries plan for recovery, to undertake reforms to reduce the skills shortages that the previous growth episode exposed. Education systems have a very important role to play in creating the right skills. But education systems in the region fall short of the demands of their economies in two major ways. The first is that despite high levels of enrollment they do not produce enough graduates with the right skills. Students graduate with diplomas, not with skills, because the quality of the education for many students is poor. In large part this is because education systems remain focused on providing an excellent education to a few at the expense of improving the quality of learning for the majority. Moreover, the systems are still making the transition from teaching the basics to inculcating higher order skills such as critical-thinking and problem solving. The second way in which education systems fall short is that outside of a few countries in the EU there are few opportunities for adults to retrain, or acquire new skills. This book argues that generating more of the right skills requires a fundamental change of approach in the education systems in the region so that they aim for, and deliver, higher quality education for the vast majority of students (not just diplomas but skills). To start with, education systems need to turn the lights on and take seriously the measurement of what students actually learn as opposed to measurement of the inputs into the education process on the implicit assumption that learning follows. Policy makers also need to move away from the focus on inputs and processes and increase the emphasis on incentives.
Toward a Market-oriented Housing Sector in Eastern Europe
Author: Jeffrey P. Telgarsky
Publisher: The Urban Insitute
ISBN: 9780877664963
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Publisher: The Urban Insitute
ISBN: 9780877664963
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Energy Poverty in Eastern Europe
Author: Stefan Buzar
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754671305
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
One of the consequences of the post-socialist transformation of Eastern and Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union is the emergence of energy poverty, a condition where households are living in inadequately heated homes. This book provides the first full-length examination of the causes, consequences and patterns of energy poverty in former Communist countries.
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780754671305
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
One of the consequences of the post-socialist transformation of Eastern and Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union is the emergence of energy poverty, a condition where households are living in inadequately heated homes. This book provides the first full-length examination of the causes, consequences and patterns of energy poverty in former Communist countries.
The Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe
Author: Andrew Roberts
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521110335
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This book presents a positive assessment of democratic quality as it has developed in ten postcommunist countries.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521110335
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
This book presents a positive assessment of democratic quality as it has developed in ten postcommunist countries.
Pace of Democratic Reforms and Status of Human Rights in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description