Varieties of Capitalism in Post-Communist Countries

WILL BARTLETT Reader in Social Economics, University of Bristol, UKCLEMENS BUCHEN Research Assistant, Department of Economics, European Business School, GermanyKEN CHARMAN Member, London Business School Centre for New and Emerging Markets, UKBARBARA CHRISTOPHE Political Scientist, European University of Viadrina, GermanyPHILIP HANSON Professor of the Political Economy of Russia and Eastern Europe, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham, UKMARK KNELL Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute for Studies in Research and Education - Centre for Innovation Research (NIFU STEP), NorwayJULIA A. KOROSTELEVA Research Assistant in Politics, Glasgow University, UKVLAD MYKHNENKO Research Fellow, Centre for Public Policy for Regions, University of Glasgow, UKRUDI SCHMIDT Former Chair, Sociology of Work Committee, German Sociological Association, GermanyMARTIN SRHOLEC Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK), University of Oslo, NorwayELIZABETH TEAGUE Analyst of Russian Politics, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, UKJEANNE L. WILSON Professor of Political Science, Wheaton College, USA

'...an important contribution and a welcome addition to the literature on post-communist transition.' - Magnus Feldmann, Political Studies Review

• Introduction; D.Lane & M.Myant PART 1: THE 'VARIETIES OF CAPITALISM' AND POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES Post-State Socialism: A Diversity of Capitalisms? D.Lane Diverging Pathways in Central and Eastern Europe; M.Knell & M.Srholec PART 2: CONSOLIDATED MARKET ECONOMIES Estonia and Slovenia as Antipodes; C.Buchen Eastern Germany's Incorporation into the Federal Republic; R.Schmidt The Czech Republic: From 'Czech' Capitalism to 'European' Capitalism; M.Myant Poland and Ukraine: Institutional Structures and Economic Performance; V.Mykhnenko PART 3: HYBRID ECONOMIES Russian Political Capitalism and its Environment; P.Hanson & E.Teague Kazakhstan: A State-Led Liberalized Market Economy? K.Charman Georgia: Capitalism as Organized Chaos; B.Christophe The Western Balkans; W.Bartlett PART 4: STATIST MARKET ECONOMIES Belarus: Heading towards State Capitalism? J.A.Korosteleva China's Transformation towards Capitalism; J.L.Wilson