Chapter 1 Europe versus Asia: Contrasting Paths to the Reform of Centrally Planned Systems of Political Economy

Chapter 2 Capitalist Triumphalism in the Eastern European Transition

Chapter 3 Economic Theory and Transformation of the Soviet-type System: The Challenge of the Late Industrialisation Perspective

Chapter 4 Wasted Sacrifices: Real Wages and Reconstruction in Eastern Europe

Chapter 5 The Transition in Eastern Europe: The Case for Industrial Policy

Chapter 6 Reflections on the Privatisation Issue

Chapter 7 Financial Fragility in the Transition to Market Economies

Chapter 8 Equality, Efficiency and Economic Progress: The Case for Universally Applied Equitable Standards for Wages and Conditions of Work

Chapter 9 Social Security Reform in Urban China: The Case of Shanghai

Chapter 10 The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Transformation of Eastern Europe

Chapter 11 The Lessons of History: New Economic Policy in China and the USSR

Chapter 13 Return to Europe?: Is there Anything for Eastern Europe to Learn from East Asia?

Chapter 14 Political Economy and the Reform of Stalinism: The Chinese Puzzle