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Nelson, Joan M., Charles Tilly, and Lee Walker (eds.). Transforming Post-Communist Political Economies
/ Task Force on Economies in Transition, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,
National Research Council. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1997.
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| Front Matter | i |
| Introduction | 1 |
| Understanding Economic Change | 11 |
| Underground Activity and Institutional Change: Productive, Protective, and
Predatory Behavior in Transition Economies | 19 |
| 1. Property Rights in Transition Economies: A Commentary on What Economists
Know | 35 |
| 2. Rethinking the Theory of Economic Policy: Some Implications of the New
Institutionalism | 61 |
| 3. Missed Markets: Implications for Economic Behavior and Institutional Change
| 80 |
| 4. Fuzzy Property: Rights, Power, and Identity in Transylvania's Decollectivization
102 |
| 5. Rule Evasion in Transitional Russia | 118 |
| Restructing Production Without Market Infrastructure | 131 |
| 6. Learning in Networks: Enterprise Behavior in the Former Soviet Union and
Contemporary Russia | 156 |
| 7. Formal Employment and Survival Strategies After Communism | 177 |
| 8. Observations on the Speed of Transition in Russia: Prices and Entry | 203 |
| 9. Social Policy and the Labor Market in Russia During Transition | 223 |
| Social Costs, Social-Sector Reforms, and Politics in Post-Communism Transformations
| 245 |
| 10. Reform of the Welfare Sector in the Post-Communist Countries: A Normative
Approach | 272 |
| 11. Social Policy Challenges and Dilemmas in Ex-Socialist Systems | 299 |
| 12. Health Reform in Russia and Central Asia | 322 |
| 13. Vulnerable Populations in Central Europe | 351 |
| 14. Pension Reform in the Post-Communist Transition Economics | 370 |
| 15. From Safety Nets to Social Policy: Lessons for the Transition Economies
for the Developing Countries | 385 |
| Democracy, Social Change, and Economies in Transition | 401 |
| 16. The State in a Market Economy | 411 |
| 17. The State as an Ensemble of Economic Actors: Some Inferences from China's
Trajectory of Change | 432 |
| 18. Possible Future Directions for Economies in Transition | 453 |
| Research Priorities for Post-Communist Economies | 471 |
| Appendix: Further Reading | 491 |
