The Transformation of State Socialism

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Outcomes of Transformation

   1. Introduction: Outcomes of Transformation

      • David Lane

      Pages 1-32

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3. Social Forces and Transformation

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 33-33

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   2. Communist Nostalgia and its Consequences in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine

      • Stephen White

      Pages 35-56

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   3. The Social Bases of Reform and Anti-reform in Russia and Ukraine

      • David Lane

      Pages 57-76

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   4. Social Forces and the Post-communist Transition: Why Labour Turns Right

      • David Ost

      Pages 77-91

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4. Outcomes of Transformation: Central and Eastern Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93

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   2. The European Union’s Influence on the Development of Capitalism in Central Europe

      • Philip Hanson

      Pages 95-112

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   3. The Outcomes of the Czech Economic Transformation

      • Martin Myant

      Pages 113-130

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   4. The Integration of the GDR into the Federal Republic: Challenges and Constraints

      • Rudi Schmidt

      Pages 131-142

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   5. The Russian Transformation: a New Form of Etacratism?

      • Ovsey Shkaratan

      Pages 143-158

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5. Consolidation of New Regimes: the Problem of Inequality

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159

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   2. Effects of Transformation on Inequality in Russia

      • Nick Manning

      Pages 161-178

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   3. Inequalities in Health and Health Care in Post-communist Europe

      • Peggy Watson

      Pages 179-196

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   4. Mass Privatization and the Post-communist Mortality Crisis

      • Lawrence King, David Stuckler

      Pages 197-218

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6. Alternative Scenarios: Reform without System Change?

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 219-219

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   2. Belarus: Prototype for Market Socialism?

      • Mario Nuti

      Pages 221-232

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   3. Transnational Ties and Transformation of Cuban Socialism

      • Susan Eckstein

      Pages 233-249

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   4. Change and Continuity in North Korea

      • Soyoung Kwon

      Pages 250-268

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   5. The Impact of the Demise of State Socialism on China

      • Jeanne L. Wilson

      Pages 269-285

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This book considers aspects of transformation of former state socialist countries: social and economic outcomes; forces in the transformation process; problems of consolidation of the new regimes;and other scenarios. It also looks at alternative types of society that might replace state socialism, particularly state capitalism and market socialism.

• capitalism
• care
• China
• communism
• privatization
• socialism
• transformation
• transition

'...a very useful addition to reading lists for its breadth of coverage and illustration of the contingency of transformational processes and outcomes globally.' - Political Studies Review

• Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK

  David Lane

SUSAN ECKSTEIN Professor of Sociology, Boston University, USA PHILIP HANSON Emeritus Professor of the Political Economy of Russia and Eastern Europe, University of Birmingham, UK; Associate Fellow, Chatham House, UK LAWRENCE P. KING Reader, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK; Fellow, Emmanuel College, UK SOYOUNG KWON North Korea Expert and Policy Advisor, European Parliament NICK MANNING Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, UK SATOSHI MIZOBATA Professor and Vice-Director, University of Kyoto, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Japan MARTIN MYANT Professor, Paisley Business School, University of Paisley, UK MARIO NUTI Professor of Comparative Economic Systems, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', Italy DAVID OST Professor of Political Science, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York, USA; Visiting Professor, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary RUDI SCHMIDT Former Chair, Sociology of Work Committee, German Sociological Association, Germany OVSEY SHKARATAN Professor, State University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia DAVID STUCKLER Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK PEGGY WATSON Senior Researcher, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK STEPHEN WHITE Professor, International Politics, and Senior Associate, School of Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow, UK JEANNE L. WILSON Professor of Political Science, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, USA; Research Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Research, Harvard University, USA

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