Moving beyond a narrow definition of economics, this pioneering book advances our
knowledge of global political economy and how we might critically respond to it. V. Spike …

Without doubt, Cuba is facing its most serious economic challenge in nearly thirty-five years
of revolutionary rule. There is consensus that as the official, centrally planned economy has …

This essay is an interpretative survey that explores the post-socialist transformation in
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (EE&fSU) from a neo-Schumpeterian …

This book examines just what the European Union is, in the context of the ongoing structural
transformation of the global system. The author develops an integrated approach to global …

" Gold Rush." These were the parting words of the high-profile U Ambassador to Budapest
when asked, at his last press conference describe his understanding of the recent changes …

This paper addresses two related questions: How has the transformation from a centrally
planned to a market economy affected the second economy and how has the second …

Global restructuring has dramatically affected the value, extent, and significance of informal
economic activities worldwide. Approaching informalization as a systemic phenomenon, this …

A conceptually rich, historically informed, and interdisciplinary study of the contentious
politics emerging out of decades of authoritarian neoliberal economic reform, The Roots of …

Eastern Europe is in transformation from state socialism to a sort of capitalism. Even in
Hungary-a country which used to be the 'jolliest barrack in the camp'during the 1970s and …

In this paper I present an analysis of a mobile entrepreneur and his transnational economic
activities in post-Soviet space. I argue that the space of informal economic activities of …