Joan M. Nelson, Charles Tilly, and Lee Walker, Editors; Task Force on Economies in Transition, National Research Council

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• 1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 Understanding Economic Change; 4 Underground Activity and Institutional Change: Productive, Protective, and Predatory Behavior in Transition Economies; 5 1 Property Rights in Transition Economies: A Commentary on What Economists Know; 6 2 Rethinking the Theory of Economic Policy: Some Implications of the New Institutionalism; 7 3 Missed Markets: Implications for Economic Behavior and Institutional Change; 8 4 Fuzzy Property: Rights, Power, and Identity in Transylvania's Decollectivization; 9 5 Rule Evasion in Transitional Russia; 10 Restructing Production Without Market Infrastructure; 11 6 Learning in Networks: Enterprise Behavior in the Former Soviet Union and Contemporary Russia; 12 7 Formal Employment and Survival Strategies After Communism; 13 8 Observations on the Speed of Transition in Russia: Prices and Entry; 14 9 Social Policy and the Labor Market in Russia During Transition; 15 Social Costs, Social-Sector Reforms, and Politics in Post-Communism Transformations; 16 10 Reform of the Welfare Sector in the Post-Communist Countries: A Normative Approach; 17 11 Social Policy Challenges and Dilemmas in Ex-Socialist Systems; 18 12 Health Reform in Russia and Central Asia; 19 13 Vulnerable Populations in Central Europe; 20 14 Pension Reform in the Post-Communist Transition Economics; 21 15 From Safety Nets to Social Policy: Lessons for the Transition Economies for the Developing Countries; 22 Democracy, Social Change, and Economies in Transition; 23 16 The State in a Market Economy; 24 17 The State as an Ensemble of Economic Actors: Some Inferences from China's Trajectory of Change; 25 18 Possible Future Directions for Economies in Transition; 26 Research Priorities for Post-Communist Economies; 27 Appendix: Further Reading; 28 Index

Joan M. Nelson, Charles Tilly, and Lee Walker, Editors; Task Force on Economies in Transition, National Research Council

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• 1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 Understanding Economic Change; 4 Underground Activity and Institutional Change: Productive, Protective, and Predatory Behavior in Transition Economies; 5 1 Property Rights in Transition Economies: A Commentary on What Economists Know; 6 2 Rethinking the Theory of Economic Policy: Some Implications of the New Institutionalism; 7 3 Missed Markets: Implications for Economic Behavior and Institutional Change; 8 4 Fuzzy Property: Rights, Power, and Identity in Transylvania's Decollectivization; 9 5 Rule Evasion in Transitional Russia; 10 Restructing Production Without Market Infrastructure; 11 6 Learning in Networks: Enterprise Behavior in the Former Soviet Union and Contemporary Russia; 12 7 Formal Employment and Survival Strategies After Communism; 13 8 Observations on the Speed of Transition in Russia: Prices and Entry; 14 9 Social Policy and the Labor Market in Russia During Transition; 15 Social Costs, Social-Sector Reforms, and Politics in Post-Communism Transformations; 16 10 Reform of the Welfare Sector in the Post-Communist Countries: A Normative Approach; 17 11 Social Policy Challenges and Dilemmas in Ex-Socialist Systems; 18 12 Health Reform in Russia and Central Asia; 19 13 Vulnerable Populations in Central Europe; 20 14 Pension Reform in the Post-Communist Transition Economics; 21 15 From Safety Nets to Social Policy: Lessons for the Transition Economies for the Developing Countries; 22 Democracy, Social Change, and Economies in Transition; 23 16 The State in a Market Economy; 24 17 The State as an Ensemble of Economic Actors: Some Inferences from China's Trajectory of Change; 25 18 Possible Future Directions for Economies in Transition; 26 Research Priorities for Post-Communist Economies; 27 Appendix: Further Reading; 28 Index

Joan M. Nelson, Charles Tilly, and Lee Walker, Editors; Task Force on Economies in Transition, National Research Council

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• 1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 Understanding Economic Change; 4 Underground Activity and Institutional Change: Productive, Protective, and Predatory Behavior in Transition Economies; 5 1 Property Rights in Transition Economies: A Commentary on What Economists Know; 6 2 Rethinking the Theory of Economic Policy: Some Implications of the New Institutionalism; 7 3 Missed Markets: Implications for Economic Behavior and Institutional Change; 8 4 Fuzzy Property: Rights, Power, and Identity in Transylvania's Decollectivization; 9 5 Rule Evasion in Transitional Russia; 10 Restructing Production Without Market Infrastructure; 11 6 Learning in Networks: Enterprise Behavior in the Former Soviet Union and Contemporary Russia; 12 7 Formal Employment and Survival Strategies After Communism; 13 8 Observations on the Speed of Transition in Russia: Prices and Entry; 14 9 Social Policy and the Labor Market in Russia During Transition; 15 Social Costs, Social-Sector Reforms, and Politics in Post-Communism Transformations; 16 10 Reform of the Welfare Sector in the Post-Communist Countries: A Normative Approach; 17 11 Social Policy Challenges and Dilemmas in Ex-Socialist Systems; 18 12 Health Reform in Russia and Central Asia; 19 13 Vulnerable Populations in Central Europe; 20 14 Pension Reform in the Post-Communist Transition Economics; 21 15 From Safety Nets to Social Policy: Lessons for the Transition Economies for the Developing Countries; 22 Democracy, Social Change, and Economies in Transition; 23 16 The State in a Market Economy; 24 17 The State as an Ensemble of Economic Actors: Some Inferences from China's Trajectory of Change; 25 18 Possible Future Directions for Economies in Transition; 26 Research Priorities for Post-Communist Economies; 27 Appendix: Further Reading; 28 Index