The Transformation of the Communist Economies

Preface - Notes on the Contributors - PART 1: THEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL OVERVIEWS - Europe versus Asia: Contrasting Paths to the Reform of Centrally Planned Systems of Political Economy; H-J.Chang & P.Nolan - Capitalist Triumphalism in the Eastern European Transition; P.Wiles - Economic Theory and Transformation of the Soviet-type System: The Challenge of the Late Industrialisation Perspective; D.Lo - PART 2: POLICY ISSUES - Frittering Away the Gains: Real Wages and Reconstruction in Eastern Europe; A.Glyn - The Transition in Eastern Europe: the Case for Industrial Policy; I.Abel & M.Landesmann - Reflections on the Privatisation Issues; K.Cowling - Financial Fregility in the Transition to Market Economies; L.Harris - Equality, Efficiency and Economic Progress: The Case for Universally Applied Equitable Standards for Wages and Conditions of Work; F.Wilkinson - Social Security Reform in Urban China: The Case of Shanghai; S.Pudney - The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Transformation of Eastern Europe; H.Radice - PART 3: LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCES - The Lessons of History: New Economic Policy in China and the USSR; C.Bramall - Nicaragua: The Sandinista Experiment and Its Aftermath; G.Palma - Return to Europe?: Is There Anything for Eastern Europe to Learn from East Asia?; H-J.Chang - Political Economy and the Reform of Stalinism: the Chinese Puzzle; P.Nolan - Index