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The 'Failed' Economic Transition in Bulgaria through the Viewpoint of the Post-Communist Business Elites

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  • Georgeta Nazarska

    (State University of Library Studies and Information Technologies, Sofia, Bulgaria)

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The article explores the economic transition in Bulgaria carried out in the 1990s through the evaluations given by the participants of its course and results. The study is based on a sociohistorical and socioanthropological approach, using data from recently conducted standardized interviews, focus groups, and surveys. A comparative analysis of the visions and explanations of members of (different segments of) the new economic and the new political elites is presented for the factors that hindered the Bulgarian economic transformation. The divergence of their assessments of the institutional, personal and socio-cultural barriers to economic growth and their unanimous opinion on the ‘failed’ transition is commented on.

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  • Georgeta Nazarska, 2024. "The 'Failed' Economic Transition in Bulgaria through the Viewpoint of the Post-Communist Business Elites," Proceedings of the Centre for Economic History Research, Centre for Economic History Research, vol. 9, pages 281-291, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:ceh:journl:y:2024:v:9:p:281-291
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    Keywords

    economic transition; Bulgaria; business elites; post-communism;
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    JEL classification:

    • P20 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist and Transition Economies - - - General
    • P30 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - General
    • P39 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Other
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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