Transforming post-communist political economies

Table of Contents
Introduction 1-10
Understanding Economic Change 11-18 ;
Underground Activity and Institutional Change: Productive, Protective, and Predatory Behavior in Transition Economies 19-34;
1 Property Rights in Transition Economies: A Commentary on What Economists Know 35-60 ;
2 Rethinking the Theory of Economic Policy: Some Implications of the New Institutionalism 61-79;
3 Missed Markets: Implications for Economic Behavior and Institutional Change 80-101;
4 Fuzzy Property: Rights, Power, and Identity in Transylvania's Decollectivization 102-117;
5 Rule Evasion in Transitional Russia 118-130;
Restructing Production Without Market Infrastructure 131-155;
6 Learning in Networks: Enterprise Behavior in the Former Soviet Union and Contemporary Russia 156-176;
7 Formal Employment and Survival Strategies After Communism 177-202;
8 Observations on the Speed of Transition in Russia: Prices and Entry 203-222;
9 Social Policy and the Labor Market in Russia During Transition 223-244;
Social Costs, Social-Sector Reforms, and Politics in Post-Communism Transformations 245-271;
10 Reform of the Welfare Sector in the Post-Communist Countries: A Normative Approach 272-298;
11 Social Policy Challenges and Dilemmas in Ex-Socialist Systems 299-321;
12 Health Reform in Russia and Central Asia 322-350;
13 Vulnerable Populations in Central Europe 351-369;
14 Pension Reform in the Post-Communist Transition Economics 370-384;
15 From Safety Nets to Social Policy: Lessons for the Transition Economies for the Developing Countries 385-400;
Democracy, Social Change, and Economies in Transition 401-410;
16 The State in a Market Economy 411-431;
17 The State as an Ensemble of Economic Actors: Some Inferences from China's Trajectory of Change 432-452;
18 Possible Future Directions for Economies in Transition 453-470;
Research Priorities for Post-Communist Economies 471-490;
Appendix: Further Reading 491-496;
Index