State and Society in Post-Socialist Economies (Studies in Central and Eastern Europe)

State and Society in Post-Socialist Economies focuses on the reform economies of post-socialist Europe. It looks at how various projects of communism that emerged in have been and are still being dismantled and recomposed by alternative visions, institutions and practices of capitalist market economies and democratic polities. State And Society In Post-socialist Economies Comprises Original Essays By Authors From Western, Central And Eastern Europe, The Us, And Japan Who Have Been Shaping Recent Debates About Economic Governance, Regime Theory, And The Social Economy. Each Is Concerned With One Of Other Aspect Of How We Are To Understand Economic Transformations In Post-socialist And Post-soviet Economies. The Volume Takes As Its Central Concern The Important Relationships Between The State And Society And Its Role In Shaping The Nature Of Economic Lives And Practices In Post-socialist And Post-soviet Regions, And With The Ways In Which Various Disciplines Have Attempted To Address These Various Economic Regimes And Governance Systems.--book Jacket. The Spirit Of Post-socialism : 'what Is To Be Understood By It?' / John Pickles -- Leading Sectors And The Variety Of Capitalism In Eastern Europe / Béla Greskovits -- Transnational Actors And Corporate Governance In Ece : The Case Of The Eu And The Czech Republic / Arjan Vliegenthart -- On The State Of The State : Czech Transformation And The Moment Of Convergence In The Visegrád Region / Jan Drahokoupil -- Corporate Control Models In Russian Companies And Business Integration / Tatiana G. Dolgopyatova -- Diverging And Harmonizing Of Corporate Governance In Russia / Satoshi Mizobata -- State-society Relations In Belarus : A 'labour Dimension' / Kiryl Haiduk -- Trade Unions And The Labour Market In Four New European Union Member States / Massimo Congiu -- You 'can' Take It With You : Cultural Capital, State Regulation And Tourism In Post-socialist Bulgaria / Kristan Ghodsee -- State Policies, Uneven Economic Development And Environmental Regulation In Urban And Rural Lithuania / Jurgita Maciulyte -- Building A Social Cause In Post-communist Countries : Ecological Politics In The Czech Republic / Sandrine Devaux -- Informal Practice, Cultural Capital And Politics In The Czech Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria And Romania / Åse B. Grødeland -- Conclusion : State, Society And Hybrid Post-socialist Economics / John Pickles. Edited By John Pickles. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 263-273) And Index. State and Society in Post-Socialist Economies comprises original essays by authors from Western, Central and Eastern Europe, the US, and Japan who have been shaping recent debates about economic governance, regime theory, and the social economy. Each is concerned with one or other aspect of how we are to understand economic transformations in post-socialist and post-soviet economies. The volume takes as its central concern the important relationships between the state and society and its role in shaping the nature of economic lives and practices in post-socialist and post-soviet regions, and with the ways in which various disciplines have attempted to address these various economic regimes and governance systems. The volume is thus aimed to be a contribution to what we might call the fourth wave of transition studies; a movement that has begun to recognize and pay more attention to the complexities of the social economy, with its historical legacies, social and class forms, and its intense relationships with the forms of regional, national, and transnational systems of governance that now shape the diverse economies of the region