Surviving postsocialism: The role of informal economic practices

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages 612-618

  Polese, Abel ^a   Rodgers, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Europe; Eastern Europe; Economics; Former Soviet Union (FSU); Socialism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986155776     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443331111177896     Document Type: Review

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