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Theories of capitalism put to the test: introduction to a debate on Central and Eastern Europe

Kapitalismustheorien auf dem Prüfstand: eine Einführung in die Debatte um Mittel- und Osteuropa
[journal article]

Bluhm, Katharina

Abstract

"Die gegenwärtige Debatte um die Varianten des Kapitalismus in Mittel- und Osteuropa sind durch zwei unterschiedliche Theoriestränge gekennzeichnet, die beide eine Integration der Region in übergreifende Diskurse und ein Ende der bisherigen Transformationsforschung markieren. Zum einen wird seit ein... view more

"Die gegenwärtige Debatte um die Varianten des Kapitalismus in Mittel- und Osteuropa sind durch zwei unterschiedliche Theoriestränge gekennzeichnet, die beide eine Integration der Region in übergreifende Diskurse und ein Ende der bisherigen Transformationsforschung markieren. Zum einen wird seit einiger Zeit versucht, den Varieties-of-Capitalism-Ansatz (VoC) zu übertragen; zum anderen erfährt die Dependenz- und Weltsystem-Theorie eine Renaissance, die sich kritisch von VoC absetzt. Dennoch lassen sich die Stärken und Schwächen beider Theoriestränge als komplementär begreifen. In dieser Debatte spielt Ostdeutschland keine Rolle mehr, da sie sich auf nationalstaatliche Entitäten bezieht. Im abschließenden Teil des Beitrages wird der Versuch unternommen zu zeigen, dass sich, obgleich Ostdeutschland keine volkswirtschaftliche Einheit mehr ist, ein Blick auf die neuen Bundesländer lohnt. Deren Integration in die Weltwirtschaft kann als ein extremer Fall der 'dependent market economy' gedeutet werden, und sie führen zugleich die Dimension der Region in die Debatte ein." (Autorenreferat)... view less


"The present debate on the varieties of capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe is marked by two different theoretical strands, both of which highlight the integration of the region into overarching discourses, and the end of the transformation research which has been current until now. On the one ... view more

"The present debate on the varieties of capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe is marked by two different theoretical strands, both of which highlight the integration of the region into overarching discourses, and the end of the transformation research which has been current until now. On the one hand, the attempt has been underway with some time to apply the Varieties-of-Capitalism (VoC) approach; on the other hand, the dependency and world-system theory is undergoing a renaissance, and taking a critical stance vis-à-vis VoC. But the strengths and weaknesses of both strands can be seen as complementary. East Germany no longer plays a role in this discussion, since it is a debate related to nation-state entities. In the concluding part of this paper, an attempt is made to show that despite no longer being a national economic unit, the consideration of the new East German states is still a useful exercise. ' case, and helps us at the same time to understand the regional dimension of the debate." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
world economy; research; EU; capitalism; integration; Eastern Europe; discourse; Federal Republic of Germany; New Federal States; economic theory; transformation; Europe; dependency theory; international comparison; Central Europe; market economy; theory; East Central Europe; world; gross domestic product

Classification
Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Economics
Sociology of Economics

Method
theory application; basic research

Document language
English

Publication Year
2010

Page/Pages
p. 197-217

Journal
Historical Social Research, 35 (2010) 2

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.35.2010.2.197-217

ISSN
0172-6404

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0


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