To what extent can contemporary socialist economies be reformed by the introduction of
markets? The question is usually debated in either a Chinese or an East European context; …

The far-reaching institutional change and societal transformation occurring in former state-
socialist societies have attracted new social science interest in transition economies. This …

The essays in this volume address the industrial, commercial, urban and regional reforms of
China's planned economy during the 1980s. The emphasis is on the dominating institutional …

Reforming Asian Socialism examines the process of transition from a centrally planned
economy to a market economy, focusing on the development of new institutions and how …

David Lane outlines succinctly yet comprehensively the development and transformation of
state socialism. While focussing on Russia and the countries of Eastern Europe, he also …

In the confrontation between the two main economic systems that has marked the twentieth
century, capitalism has been declared the winner–by default–over its adversary, socialism …

The collapse of the ideal of socialism, where the state owns the means of produc-tion and
allocates resources by central planning, has been spectacular. In Eastern Europe, outright …

In recent decades communist elites in virtually every socialist state embarked on strategies
of reform that progressively weakened their authority. In Eastern Europe, the reform policy of …

The year 2011 marks the twentieth anniversary of the end of the Soviet Union. This may be
an appropriate time to evaluate the adoption by previously state socialist societies of other …

The centrally planned economy has ceased to exist. Even in countries still considered
socialist (communist), as China and Vietnam, the mechanism of economic coordination has …