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Publication Date: January 2005
Publisher: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Author(s): Branko Milanovic; Karla Hoff; Shale Horowitz
Research Area: Politics
Type: Brief
Coverage: Former communist countries
Abstract:
The most direct way to break the grip of inefficient, self-serving interests on state power is through the election of new political players not beholden to the same interest groups that supported their predecessors. This is true regardless of political bent and is demonstrated by recent history in postcommunist Eastern Europe. A new policy outlook by Karla Hoff, Shale Horowitz, and Carnegie senior associate Branko Milanovic proves this theory empirically.