Kristen R. Ghodsee is Professor of Russian and East European Studies and a Member of the Graduate Group in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her articles and essays have been translated into over twenty languages and have appeared in publications such as The New Republic, The Lancet, Ms. Magazine, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. She is also the author of nine books, most recently: Second World, Second Sex and Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism, which has already had thirteen foreign editions.Mitchell A. Orenstein is Professor and Chair of Russian and East European Studies and a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is the prize-winning author, editor, and co-author of eight books on the social policy and political economy of postcommunist states, including From Triumph to Crisis, Privatizing Pensions, and Roma in an Expanding Europe. He has consulted for the World Bank, USAID, and thegovernment of Slovakia.

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• List of Tables List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsAuthors' Note on TerminologyIntroduction: Transition from Communism - Qualified Success or Utter Catastrophe?Part One: The Economic EvidenceChapter One: The Plan for a J-Curve TransitionChapter Two: Plan Meets RealityChapter Three: Modifying the FrameworkChapter Four: Counter-Narratives of CatastrophePart Two: The Demographic EvidenceChapter Five: Where Have All the People Gone? Chapter Six: The Mortality CrisisChapter Seven: Collapse in Fertility Chapter Eight: Outmigration CrisisPart Three: The Public Opinion EvidenceChapter Nine: Disappointment with TransitionChapter Ten: Public Opinion of Winners and LosersChapter Eleven: Evaluations Shift Over TimeChapter Twelve: Towards a New Social Contract?Part Four: The Ethnographic Evidence Chapter Thirteen: Portraits of DesperationChapter Fourteen: Resistance is FutileChapter Fifteen: Return to the PastChapter Sixteen: The Patriotism of DespairConclusion: Towards an Inclusive ProsperityAppendix: Data Sources Selected Bibliography

Kristen R. Ghodsee is Professor of Russian and East European Studies and a Member of the Graduate Group in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her articles and essays have been translated into over twenty languages and have appeared in publications such as The New Republic, The Lancet, Ms. Magazine, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. She is also the author of nine books, most recently: Second World, Second Sex and Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism, which has already had thirteen foreign editions.Mitchell A. Orenstein is Professor and Chair of Russian and East European Studies and a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is the prize-winning author, editor, and co-author of eight books on the social policy and political economy of postcommunist states, including From Triumph to Crisis, Privatizing Pensions, and Roma in an Expanding Europe. He has consulted for the World Bank, USAID, and thegovernment of Slovakia.

Laudable

• List of Tables List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsAuthors' Note on TerminologyIntroduction: Transition from Communism - Qualified Success or Utter Catastrophe?Part One: The Economic EvidenceChapter One: The Plan for a J-Curve TransitionChapter Two: Plan Meets RealityChapter Three: Modifying the FrameworkChapter Four: Counter-Narratives of CatastrophePart Two: The Demographic EvidenceChapter Five: Where Have All the People Gone? Chapter Six: The Mortality CrisisChapter Seven: Collapse in Fertility Chapter Eight: Outmigration CrisisPart Three: The Public Opinion EvidenceChapter Nine: Disappointment with TransitionChapter Ten: Public Opinion of Winners and LosersChapter Eleven: Evaluations Shift Over TimeChapter Twelve: Towards a New Social Contract?Part Four: The Ethnographic Evidence Chapter Thirteen: Portraits of DesperationChapter Fourteen: Resistance is FutileChapter Fifteen: Return to the PastChapter Sixteen: The Patriotism of DespairConclusion: Towards an Inclusive ProsperityAppendix: Data Sources Selected Bibliography

Kristen R. Ghodsee is Professor of Russian and East European Studies and a Member of the Graduate Group in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. Her articles and essays have been translated into over twenty languages and have appeared in publications such as The New Republic, The Lancet, Ms. Magazine, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. She is also the author of nine books, most recently: Second World, Second Sex and Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism, which has already had thirteen foreign editions.Mitchell A. Orenstein is Professor and Chair of Russian and East European Studies and a Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is the prize-winning author, editor, and co-author of eight books on the social policy and political economy of postcommunist states, including From Triumph to Crisis, Privatizing Pensions, and Roma in an Expanding Europe. He has consulted for the World Bank, USAID, and thegovernment of Slovakia.

Laudable

• List of Tables List of FiguresAcknowledgmentsAuthors' Note on TerminologyIntroduction: Transition from Communism - Qualified Success or Utter Catastrophe?Part One: The Economic EvidenceChapter One: The Plan for a J-Curve TransitionChapter Two: Plan Meets RealityChapter Three: Modifying the FrameworkChapter Four: Counter-Narratives of CatastrophePart Two: The Demographic EvidenceChapter Five: Where Have All the People Gone? Chapter Six: The Mortality CrisisChapter Seven: Collapse in Fertility Chapter Eight: Outmigration CrisisPart Three: The Public Opinion EvidenceChapter Nine: Disappointment with TransitionChapter Ten: Public Opinion of Winners and LosersChapter Eleven: Evaluations Shift Over TimeChapter Twelve: Towards a New Social Contract?Part Four: The Ethnographic Evidence Chapter Thirteen: Portraits of DesperationChapter Fourteen: Resistance is FutileChapter Fifteen: Return to the PastChapter Sixteen: The Patriotism of DespairConclusion: Towards an Inclusive ProsperityAppendix: Data Sources Selected Bibliography