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ERIC Number: EJ586756
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
What Social Studies Teachers Should Know about the Transition Economies.
Watts, Michael; Harris, Robert B.
Social Studies, v89 n6 p246-48 Nov-Dec 1998
Explains why the transition economies experienced sharp decline after the breakup of the former Soviet Union. Offers some personal accounts and comments on prospects for future development in Central and Eastern Europe. Notes how people in these countries view the transition to market economies. (DSK)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Economic Change, Economics, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, History, Social Change
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Historical Materials; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Europe (Central); Europe (East); Russia; USSR
Note: Part of special section: The Transition to Market Systems in the Former Soviet Bloc.