A rational transition: Economic experts and the construction of post-communist Slovenia

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dc.contributor.advisorMarcus, George E.en_US
dc.creatorBajuk, Tatianaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T08:15:20Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T08:15:20Zen_US
dc.date.issued1998en_US
dc.description.abstractBased on research conducted over a twenty-four month period in Ljubljana, Slovenia, this dissertation provides an ethnographic study of the role of economists in charting Slovenia's transition process. The project argues that economics as a science is not homogeneous across cultures but that its history and implementation are contingent upon the position of its producers. It examines the practices of economists and the roots of their cultural authority which allows them to occupy influential positions beyond the technical confines of a community of specialized knowledge. The chapters trace the relationship between the history of economics as a discipline and the events that led to Slovenia's process of independence. They focus particularly on the emergence of depoliticized economic discourse as a legitimate critical strategy and track the way that this continued neutralization informed Slovenia's broader processes of change. Finally, this study questions the naturalness of the concept of transition presumed by the depoliticization of economic discourse through an analysis of discourses that contest or subvert it.en_US
dc.format.extent252 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ANTH. 1998 BAJUKen_US
dc.identifier.citationBajuk, Tatiana. "A rational transition: Economic experts and the construction of post-communist Slovenia." (1998) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/19242">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/19242</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/19242en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectSlavic literatureen_US
dc.subjectEast European literatureen_US
dc.subjectCultural anthropologyen_US
dc.subjectEconomicsen_US
dc.subjectHistory of scienceen_US
dc.titleA rational transition: Economic experts and the construction of post-communist Sloveniaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentAnthropologyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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