Challenging views prevalent among Western and Polish scholars, this book explains Poland's surprising success in developing effective environmental and occupational regulatory systems while achieving remarkable socioeconomic growth, despite the toxic legacy of the Communist era It offers rich insights into the questions of how one can ожлжп achieve both economic growth and improved environmental and safety protection, and of the extent to which regulatory systems can be transferred across national and cultural boundaries The authors develop a theoretical framework for assessing regulatory success, then use it to analyze Poland's recent experience Grounded in five case studies of recently privatized firms, the analysis also presents a new survey of privatelyowned firms, extensive policy and data analysis, and interviews with key policy leaders, entrepreneurs, and intellectuals.  ChestarISBN 0275969711.