Reform of the Socialist System in Central and Eastern Europe [Hardcover]

This book analyzes the reform of the socialist system in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Uniquely, it adopts a multi-disciplinary perspective which includes authors from both Western Europe and the former Communist world. The volume contains analyses of: the prospects for civil society, economic reform and privatisation, theories of economic transition and the role of the state, political change and the persistence of former Communist parties, the prospects for democracy in the former Soviet Union, and gender aspects of labour market reform.Notes on Contributors - Acknowledgements - Difficult Democracies: Central and Eastern Europe in Transition; Martin J Bull & Mike Ingham - Civil Society and Ethnic Difference in East-Central Europe and the Baltic Countries; Christopher Bryant - Transition to the Market: Recent Developments and Current Problems; Paul Hare - Conceptions and Misconceptions of Political Change in East-Central Europe; Georgi Karasimeonov - Frustration with Liberalism? 'Sound' Interventionism in East European Economics; J nos M ty s Kov cs - Privatization Processes in the Transformation From Plan to Market; Jan Kowalski - Russia in Transition; Vera Tolz - Women in the Polish Labour Market: Is Transition a Threat?; Grzegorz Weclawowicz