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The Transformation of State Socialism

System Change, Capitalism, or Something Else?

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. David Lane

    1. Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK

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Part of the book series: Studies in Economic Transition (SET)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: Outcomes of Transformation

    1. Introduction: Outcomes of Transformation

      • David Lane
      Pages 1-32

  4. Outcomes of Transformation: Central and Eastern Europe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93
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    2. The European Union’s Influence on the Development of Capitalism in Central Europe

      • Philip Hanson
      Pages 95-112

    3. The Outcomes of the Czech Economic Transformation

      • Martin Myant
      Pages 113-130

    4. The Integration of the GDR into the Federal Republic: Challenges and Constraints

      • Rudi Schmidt
      Pages 131-142

    5. The Russian Transformation: a New Form of Etacratism?

      • Ovsey Shkaratan
      Pages 143-158

  5. Consolidation of New Regimes: the Problem of Inequality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Effects of Transformation on Inequality in Russia

      • Nick Manning
      Pages 161-178

    3. Inequalities in Health and Health Care in Post-communist Europe

      • Peggy Watson
      Pages 179-196

    4. Mass Privatization and the Post-communist Mortality Crisis

      • Lawrence King, David Stuckler
      Pages 197-218

  6. Alternative Scenarios: Reform without System Change?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219
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    2. Belarus: Prototype for Market Socialism?

      • Mario Nuti
      Pages 221-232

    3. Transnational Ties and Transformation of Cuban Socialism

      • Susan Eckstein
      Pages 233-249

    4. Change and Continuity in North Korea

      • Soyoung Kwon
      Pages 250-268

    5. The Impact of the Demise of State Socialism on China

      • Jeanne L. Wilson
      Pages 269-285
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This book considers aspects of transformation of former state socialist countries: social and economic outcomes; forces in the transformation process; problems of consolidation of the new regimes;and other scenarios. It also looks at alternative types of society that might replace state socialism, particularly state capitalism and market socialism.

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'...a very useful addition to reading lists for its breadth of coverage and illustration of the contingency of transformational processes and outcomes globally.' - Political Studies Review

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK

    David Lane

About the editor

SUSAN ECKSTEIN Professor of Sociology, Boston University, USA PHILIP HANSON Emeritus Professor of the Political Economy of Russia and Eastern Europe, University of Birmingham, UK; Associate Fellow, Chatham House, UK LAWRENCE P. KING Reader, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK; Fellow, Emmanuel College, UK SOYOUNG KWON North Korea Expert and Policy Advisor, European Parliament NICK MANNING Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, UK SATOSHI MIZOBATA Professor and Vice-Director, University of Kyoto, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Japan MARTIN MYANT Professor, Paisley Business School, University of Paisley, UK MARIO NUTI Professor of Comparative Economic Systems, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy DAVID OST Professor of Political Science, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York, USA; Visiting Professor, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary RUDI SCHMIDT Former Chair, Sociology of Work Committee, German Sociological Association, Germany OVSEY SHKARATAN Professor, State University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia DAVID STUCKLER Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK PEGGY WATSON Senior Researcher, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK STEPHEN WHITE Professor, International Politics, and Senior Associate, School of Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow, UK JEANNE L. WILSON Professor of Political Science, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, USA; Research Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Research, Harvard University, USA

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