Emerging Varieties of Post-Communist Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe: Where Do We Stand?

Rapacki, Ryszard; Gardawski, Juliusz; Czerniak, Adam; Horbaczewska, Bożena; Karbowski, Adam; Maszczyk, Piotr; Próchniak, Mariusz

doi:10.1080/09668136.2019.1704222

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“…There has been much debate about the most appropriate model (Rapacki et al, 2020), but most salient for this analysis is the addition of a third category dubbed 'Dependent Market Economies' (DME) advanced by Nölke et Vliegenthart (2009). This DME model emphasises the comparative advantage of these economies as lying in the assembly and production of relatively complex and durable consumer goods.…”

Section: Global National and Regional Spatialitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Exogenous global processes and endogenous national institutions are brought together by the analytical framework of Varieties of Capitalism (Hall and Soskice, 2001) that has been extended and sensitised to enable a taxonomy of central and eastern economies. There has been much debate about the most appropriate model (Rapacki et al , 2020), but most salient for this analysis is the addition of a third category dubbed “Dependent Market Economies” (DME) advanced by Nölke and Vliegenthart (2009). This DME model emphasises the comparative advantage of these economies as lying in the assembly and production of relatively complex and durable consumer goods.…”

Section: Global National and Regional Spatialitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Workers' resistance in special economic zones in Poland

Bancarzewski

Hardy

2020

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PurposeThis article compares workers' resistance in foreign direct investments (FDIs) in the automotive and electronics sectors in two special economic zones (SEZs) in the north-east and south-west of Poland. It aims to investigate why, despite the shared characteristics of the SEZs, that there are different outcomes in terms of the balance of formal resistance through trade unions and informal resistance through sabotage.Design/methodology/approachA spatial framework of analysis is posited to examine how global capital, national employment frameworks and regional institutions play out in local labour markets and shape workers' sense of place and their capacity for workplace resistance. The research study is based on interviews with trade union officials and non-union employees in four foreign investment firms in Poland.FindingsThe findings point to the importance of the type of production in influencing the structural power of organised labour and the social agency workers influenced by their understanding of place.Originality/valueAnalysing workplace resistance and industrial relations from a spatial perspective.

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Section: Global National and Regional Spatialitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Global National and Regional Spatialitiesmentioning

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Workers' resistance in special economic zones in Poland

Bancarzewski

Hardy

2020

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“…For instance, the United Nations has classified the Baltic states as Northern Europe since 2017, although the notion of Nordic countries remains reserved for Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Norway and Finland and does not include the Baltic states (Bjorkman et al 2011). Third, the economies of the former state socialist countries evolved along different paths: for instance, there is a heated debate among economists how to classify the very different market economy systems in Eastern Europe, with some being more distinctly liberal while others are coordinated by the state to a greater degree (Rapacki 2020).…”

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The securitisation of cultural heritage

Russo

Giusti

2018

International Journal of Cultural Policy

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“…The following analyzes can be mentioned among the few studies on this group of countries (Knell and Srholec, 2007;Hanson, 2007;Babos, 2010;Farkas, 2011;2016;Ahlborn, Ahrens, and Schweickert, 2016;Rapacki (ed. ), 2019;Rapacki et al, 2019;2020). 3 In the study by Próchniak et al (2017), the authors proposed a new method of calculating the similarity coefficient, which allows for a comparison of the institutional system of different countries based on variables taking values from a different numerical range.…”

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Diversity of Capitalism in Central-Eastern and Western European Countries: Robustness of Results Based on Different Coefficients of Similarity

Próchniak¹,

Suska²

2021

ERSJ

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Purpose: the paper compares the institutional environment of product market competition of 11 Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries against 4 Western European models of capitalism (continental, Mediterranean, Scandinavian, and Anglo-Saxon). Design/Methodology/Approach: The analysis covers 24 variables and the 2005-2018 period. The aim is to analyze the robustness of results against a specific Western European country, which is a reference point, and the exact method of calculating the similarity coefficient. The analysis shows that the CEE countries are the most similar to the Mediterranean model of capitalism. The continental model ranks second. Findings: The results are highly robust to the assumptions made. High institutional convergence of the CEE countries was seen in both Spain and Italy. The classification of Western European models of capitalism in terms of proximity to the CEE countries is also robust to the exact method of calculating the similarity coefficient. Practical Implications: The study yields practical implications for policymakers as it indicates the institutional development of given CEE countries against the background of WesternEurope. On this basis, policymakers can choose actions according to their peers in the given reference country, which is the most akin. Originality/Value: The originality of the research lies in the assessment of the model of capitalism prevailing in the CEE countries and the way of comparing institutional environment of the two countries based on our original concept of the similarity coefficient, which is constructed according to the mathematical measures of distance between the objects.

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Emerging Varieties of Post-Communist Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe: Where Do We Stand?

Cited by 16 publications

References 54 publications

Workers' resistance in special economic zones in Poland

Workers' resistance in special economic zones in Poland

The securitisation of cultural heritage

Diversity of Capitalism in Central-Eastern and Western European Countries: Robustness of Results Based on Different Coefficients of Similarity

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