Morris Bornstein was Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Michigan, USA. Dr. Bornstein’s scholarly publications on comparative economic systems, the economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and the economics of transition included seven books (some translated into Italian, Spanish, Chinese or French) and sixty journal articles and chapters in collective volumes.Zvi Gitelman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Michigan, USA. He studies ethnicity and politics, especially in former Communist countries, as well as Israeli politics, East European politics, and Jewish political thought and behavior.William Zimmerman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Michigan, USA. Professor Zimmerman taught at the University of Michigan throughout his academic career while occasionally teaching at institutions such as Harvard University and European University in St. Petersburg, Russia. His primary research areas are Soviet and Russian foreign and domestic policy, Eastern Europe, and comparative elites.

Review of the first publication:'…this collection of essays stands up remarkably well, especially for the decade of the 1970s.'--- Canadian Journal of Political Science

• 1. Introduction Part 1. East–West Relations 2. Soviet–American Strategic Balance, the Western Alliance, and East–West Relations 3. Issues in East–West Economic Relations 4. The Prospects for East–West Trade in the 1980s Part 2: Soviet–East European Regional Relations 5. Soviet–East European Relations in the 1980s and the Changing International System 6. Soviet–East European Economic Relations Part 3: East European Polity and Society 7. The World Economy and Elite Political Strategies in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland 8. East–West Interdependence and the Social Compact in Eastern Europe Part 4. East European Policy Responses 9. Growth and Trade: The Hungarian Case 10. Importing Western Technology into Hungary 11. Solving Poland’s Foreign Trade Problems 12. Political and Institutional Changes in the Management of the Socialist Economy: The Polish Case 13. Conclusion: East–West Relations and the Future of Eastern Europe

Morris Bornstein was Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Michigan, USA. Dr. Bornstein’s scholarly publications on comparative economic systems, the economies of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, and the economics of transition included seven books (some translated into Italian, Spanish, Chinese or French) and sixty journal articles and chapters in collective volumes.Zvi Gitelman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Michigan, USA. He studies ethnicity and politics, especially in former Communist countries, as well as Israeli politics, East European politics, and Jewish political thought and behavior.William Zimmerman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Michigan, USA. Professor Zimmerman taught at the University of Michigan throughout his academic career while occasionally teaching at institutions such as Harvard University and European University in St. Petersburg, Russia. His primary research areas are Soviet and Russian foreign and domestic policy, Eastern Europe, and comparative elites.

Review of the first publication:'…this collection of essays stands up remarkably well, especially for the decade of the 1970s.'--- Canadian Journal of Political Science

• 1. Introduction Part 1. East–West Relations 2. Soviet–American Strategic Balance, the Western Alliance, and East–West Relations 3. Issues in East–West Economic Relations 4. The Prospects for East–West Trade in the 1980s Part 2: Soviet–East European Regional Relations 5. Soviet–East European Relations in the 1980s and the Changing International System 6. Soviet–East European Economic Relations Part 3: East European Polity and Society 7. The World Economy and Elite Political Strategies in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland 8. East–West Interdependence and the Social Compact in Eastern Europe Part 4. East European Policy Responses 9. Growth and Trade: The Hungarian Case 10. Importing Western Technology into Hungary 11. Solving Poland’s Foreign Trade Problems 12. Political and Institutional Changes in the Management of the Socialist Economy: The Polish Case 13. Conclusion: East–West Relations and the Future of Eastern Europe