Part I.

 

Part II.

Part III. Selected Topics

Note: an asterisk (*) indicates required readings. The others articles and links are recommended or background materials.

Part I.

Jan. 20 Introduction to the course

Jan. 27 The "Revolutions" of 1989

* Timothy Garton Ash, The Magic Lantern:The Revolutions of 1989 as Witnessed in Warsaw, Prague, Berlin and Budapest.

Conversation with Timothy Garton Ash, Institute of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

László Bruszt and David Stark, "Remaking the Political Field in Hungary: From the Politics of Confrontation to the Politics of Competition." In Ivo Banac, ed. Eastern Europe in Revolution, Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992, pp. 13-55.

Andras Sajo, Round Tables in Hungary, Working Paper Number 2, August 1991, Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe

Wiktor Osiatynski, The Round Table Negotiations in Poland,Working Paper Number 1, August 1991)

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Feb. 3 The Socialist Economy: Shortage, Soft-Budget Constraints, Second Economy

* Janos Kornai, Contradictions and Dilemmas: Studies on the Socialist Economy and Society, pp. 6-61.

* David Stark, "Bending the Bars of the Iron Cage: Bureaucratization and Informalization in Capitalism and Socialism," Sociological Forum, 1989, vol 4. (4):637-664.

Janos Kornai, "The Hungarian Reform Process: Visions, Hopes and Reality," in Victor Nee and David Stark, Remaking the Economic Institutions of Socialism: China and Eastern Europe, pp. 32-94.

Istvan Gabor, "Second Economy and Socialism: The Hungarian Experience," in Edgar Feige, ed., The Underground Economies, pp. 339-360.

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Feb. 10 Restructuring the Ruins of Communism

* Roman Frydman and Andrzej Rapaczynski, Privatization in Eastern Europe: Is the State Withering Away? Central European University Press, 1994, Chapters 3, 5, and 6.

Roman Frydman, Kenneth Murphy, and Andrzej Rapaczynski, Capitalism with a Comrade's Face, Transitions, vol 2. no. 2, January 26, 1996

Is Privatization Succeding in Central and Eastern Europe? An Interview with Roman Frydman by the Center for International Private Enterprise

Janos Kornai, The Road to a Free Economy: Shifting from a Socialist System, the Example of Hungary .

Peter Murell, "The Transition According to Cambridge Mass." Journal of Economic Literature 33 (March 1995): 164-178.

Irena Grosfeld, "Privatization in Hungary, Poland, and Czechoslovakia." European Economy 1991, pp. 129-156.

Anthony Levitas, "Rethinking Reform: Lessons for Polish Privatization." In V. Milor, ed., Changing Political Economies, pp. 99-114.

David Stark, "From Plan To Market or from Plan to Clan." East European Politics and Societies, vol. 4, no. 1, 1991 (chapter 2 in Stark and Bruszt, Postsocialist Pathways).

David Stark, "Path Dependency and Privatization Strategies in East Central Europe." In Vedat Milor, ed., Changing Political Economies: Privatization in Post-Communist and Reforming Communist States. Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1994, pp. 115-146 (chapter 3 in Stark and Bruszt).

Andrew Walder, "Corporate Organization and Local Government Property Rights in China." in Milor, ed. Changing Political Economies, pp. 53-66.

The World Bank, World Development Report 1996. New York: Oxford University Press.

From Plan to Market: A Twenty-Eight Country Adventure: Director Alan Gelb on the World Bank's new Development Report, Transition, vol. 7, nos.5-6

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Part II.

Feb. 17 Poland: Shock, Therapy

* Jeffrey Sachs, Poland's Jump to the Market Economy .

Daily Country Analysis (The Ecnomist Intelligence Unit)

Kazimierz Poznanski, ed. Stabilization and Privatization in Poland: An Economic Analysis of the Shock Therapy Program. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993.

Peter Murrell, "What is Shock Therapy? What did it Do in Poland and Russia?" Post Soviet Affairs, April-June 1993, 9(2): 111-140.

Brian Pinto, et al, "Transforming State Enterprises in Poland: Evidence on Adjustment by Manufacturing Firms." Brookings Papers on Economic Activity 1993 no. 1, pp. 213-270.

Zoltan Barany, "The Return of the Left in East-Central Europe," Problems of Post-Communism, Jan/Feb. 1995, pp. 41-45. Jane Curry, "Elected Communists in Poland," Problems of Post-Communism, Jan/Feb. 1995, pp. 46-50.

Leszek Balcerowicz: Socialism, Capitalism, Transformation : Review by Martin Schrenk, Transition, vol. 7, nos. 3-4, Mar. - Apr. 1996.

R. Sundström, The IMF and the Polish Transition, Working Paper 1995:6, Göteborg University Center for Russian and East European Studies.

Polish Bank Joke.

The Warsaw Stock Exchange.

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Feb. 24 The Czech Republic: Adam Smith and Social Democracy

* Mitchell Orenstein, Out of the Red: Building Capitalism and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe. Book manuscript.

Daily Country Analysis (The Ecnomist Intelligence Unit)

Peter Rutland, "Thatcherism, Czech-style: Transition to Capitalism in the Czech Republic." Telos no. 94, Winter 1992-93:103-129.

Ivka Kalus-Bystricky and Pedro Pick, "The Reform Process in Czechoslovaia and the Czech Republic: a Progress Report and the Tale of One Company," in H. Shaughnessy, ed., Privatization and Economic Development in Eastern Europe and the CIS: Investment, Acquisition and Managerial Issues. John Wiley, 1994, pp. 47-75.

Vaclav Klaus, "The Ten Commandments Revisited," The International Economy. Sept/Oct. 1993, pp. 36, 38-9, 70-2.

Vaclav Klaus "Transition from Communism to the Free Market," Speech at the Heritage Foundation, October 15th (1993 or 1994?).

Paul Wilson, "The End of the Velvet Revolution," New York Review of Books, August 13, 1992, pp. 57-63.

Steven Holmes, The Politics of Economic Reform in the Czech Republic, East European Constitutional Review, vol 4., no. 2, Spring 1996.

Thomas W. Hazlett, "The Czech Miracle: Why Privatization went right in the Czech Republic," Reason Online, April 1995.

Jaroslav Veis , "'Privatize as fast as possible:' Czech Republic grows by giving away,", The WorldPaper Online, September, 1996.

The Prague Stock Exchange.

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Mar. 3 Hungary: Inter-enterprise Ownership

* David Stark and Laszlo Bruszt, Postsocialist Pathways: Transforming Politics and Property in East Central Europe. Cambridge University Press, 1998, Introduction and Chaps. 4-7.

Daily Country Analysis (The Ecnomist Intelligence Unit)

David Stark, "Recombinant Property in East European Capitalism," in Gernot Grabher and David Stark, eds. Restructuring Networks in Postsocialism, London: Oxford University Press, 1997, pp. 35-69.

Economist Intelligence Unit, Hungary: Country Profile/Country Report [on reserve] or Hungary: Market Research Report, National Trade Data Bank, CD-ROM, Malott or comparable websites.

Eva Voszka, "The Revival of Redistribution in Hungary," Acta Oeconomica, vol 46, 1994: 63-78.

The Budapest Stock Exchange.

 

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Mar. 10 Russia: Kremlin Kapitalizm

* David Woodruff, "Beyond the Ruble: The Politics of Monetary Consolidation in Russia." Manuscript, Department of Political Science, MIT,

* Federico Varese, "Is Sicily the future of Russia?": Private Protection and the Rise of the Russian Mafia." Archives of European Sociology, vol. 35, 1994: 224-258.

Daily Country Analysis (The Ecnomist Intelligence Unit)

Michael McFaul, "Russia's 'Privatized' State as an Impediment to Democratic Consolidation" Parts I and II. Security Dialogue, vol. 29, no. 2, 1998: 191-199, and no. 3:315-332.


Peter Rutland, "Russia's Flawed Market Transition." Problems of Post-Communism, 1997, 44(6): 29-33.

Tanya Frisby, "The Rise of Organized Crime in Russia: Its Roots and Social Significance," Europe- Asia Studies, vol. 50, no. 1, 1998:27-49.
Daniel McGrory, "Civilizing the Russian Underground Economy: Requirements and Prospects for Establishing a Civil Economy in Russia." Transnational Law and Contemporary Problems, vol 5, Spring 1995, pp. 65-97.

Andrei Kuznetsov, "Economic Reforms in Russia: Enterprise Behavior as an Impediment to Change." Europe Asia Studies 46:955-970.

Joseph Blasi, et al, Kremlin Capitalism: Privatizing the Russian Economy. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1997.

Robert Cottrell, "Russia: the new Oligarchy." New York Review of Books, March 27, 1997.

Philip Hanson and Elizabeth Teague, "The Industrialists and Russian Economic Reform." RFE/RL Research Report, vol. 1, no. 19, 8 May 1992.

Natacha Chmatko, "Les entrepreneurs en russie: Genese d'un nouveau groupe social." Centre de Sociologies de l'education et de la culture, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, 1994

Richard Rose, Russia as an Hourglass Society: A constitution without citizens, East European Constitutional Review, vol. 4, no. 3, Summer 1995.

Conversation with Yegor Gaidar, Institute of International Studies, University of California Berkeley.

Conversation with Aleander Yakovlev, Institute of International Studies, University of California Berkeley

Gregory Kisunko, Economic Crime in Russia, Transition, vol. 7, nos. 7-8, Jul.- Aug.1996.

Gilles Alfandari and Une Lee, Are Russian Enterprises Restructuring? Transition, vo. 6, nos. 7-8, Jul.- Aug. 1996.

Anders Åslund: How Russia Became a Market Economy, reviewed by Martin Schrenk, Transition, vol. 6, nos. 7-8, Jul.- Aug. 1996.

The University of Warwick Centre for Comparative Labour Studies' Russian Research Programme.

Read the St. Petersburg Business Journal!

 

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Mar. 17 Spring Break

Joe Kubert: Fax from Sarajevo. Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics. 1996.

(check)Ivan Klima, Waiting for the Dark, Waiting for the Light. Grave Press, 1993.
Joanna Labon, ed., Balkan Blues: Writing Out of Yugoslavia. Northwestern Univ. Press, 1994.
Vladimir Arsenijevic, In the Hold
Julian Barnes, The Porcupine.

Dubravka Ugresic, The Culture of Lies.
Josip Novakovich, Salvation and other Disasters.

Pre-1989

Bohumil Hrabal, Too Loud a Solitude
Ivan Klima, My Golden Trades
Ivan Klima, Judge on Trial
Milan Kundera, The Joke
Milan Kundera, Life is Elsewhere
George Konrad, The Caseworker
George Konrad, The Loser
Jerzy Andrejewski, The Appeal
Alexander Zinoviev, The Radiant Future
Milorad Pavic, Dictionary of the Khazars

News from a Novelist:

Videos:

Milcho Manchevski, "Before the Rain"

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Part III. Selected Topics

Network Properties

David Stark, "Recombinant Property in East European Capitalism." American Journal of Sociology,1996, 101(4):993-1027.

 David Stark and Szabolcs Kemeny, "Postsocialist Portfolios: Network Strategies in the Shadow of the State." unpublished manuscript.

 

Gernot Grabher and David Stark, "Organizing Diversity: Evolutionary Theory, Network Analysis, and Postsocialism," in Grabher and Stark, eds. Restructuring Networks in Postsocialism: Legacies, Linkages, and Localities. London: Oxford University Press, 1997, pp. 1-32 .

David Stark and Laszlo Bruszt, "Network Properties of Assets and Liabilities: Patterns of Inter-Enterprise Ownership in the Postsocialist Transformations." In Robert Delorme, ed. A l'Est du nouveau: Institutions et transformation en Europe centrale et orientale. Paris: L'Harmattan, in press. Forthcoming in Italian in Stato e Mercato and in Hungarian in Kozgazdasagi Szemle.

Gerald McDermott, "Renegotiating the Ties that Bind: The Limits of Privatization in the Czech Republic," in Grabher and Stark, eds. Restructuring Networks, pp. 70-106.

Judith Sedaitis, "Network Dynamics of New Firm Formation: Developing Russian Commodity Markets," in Grabher and Stark, eds. Restructuring Networks, pp. 137-157.

Barry Ickes and Randi Ryterman, "From Enterprise to Firm: Notes for a Theory of the Firm in Transition," in Robert Campbell, ed., The Postcommunist Economic Transformation, Boulder: Westview Press, 1995, pp. 83-104.

Barry Ickes, Randi Ryterman, and Stoyan Tenev, "On Your Marx, Get Set, Go: The Role of Competition in Enterprise Adjustment." Manuscript, The World Bank.

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Financial-Industrial Groups in Russia

Juliet Johnson, "Understanding Russia's Emerging Financial-Industrial Groups" Post-Soviet Affairs, Nov. 1997, 13(4):

 Gary Shenk, "Financial-Industrial Conglomeration and Effective Corporate Management in Transition Economies: A Case Study of the Russian Automotive Industry." Unpublished manuscript, The Wharton School.

 Eun Mee Kim, Big Business, Strong State: Collusion and Conflict in South Korean Development, 1960-1990. State University of New York Press, 1997.

 Mark Granovetter, "Business Groups," in Neil Smelser and Richard Swedberg, eds., Handbook of Economic Sociology. Princeton University Press, 1994, pp. 453-375.

 

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Elites and Stratification

Gil Eyal, Ivan Szelenyi, and Elanor Townsley, Making Capitalism Without Capitalist: Class Formation and Elite Struggles in Post-Communist Central Europe. Book manuscript.

 Jozsef Borocz and Akos Rona-Tas, "Small lead forward: Emergence of New Economic Elites." Theory and Society5, 24:751-81.


Theodore Gerber and Michael Hout, "More Shock than Therapy: Market Transition, Employment, and Income in Russia, 1991-1995," American Journal of Sociology, vol. 104, no. 1, 1998:1- 50.

Mitchell Orenstein and Raj Desai, "State Power and Interest Group Formation: The Business Lobby
in the Czech Republic." Problems of Post-Communism vol. 44, no. 6 Nov.Dec. 1997:43-52.

Olga Kryshtanovskaya and Stephen White, "From Soviet Nomenklatur to Russia Elite," Europe- Asia Studies, vol. 48, nol. 5, 1996:711-733.

Ed Clark and Anna Soulsby, "The Re-formation of the Managerial Elite in the Czech Republic." Europe-Asia Studies vl. 48, no.2 1996:285-303.
 Barnabas Gero and Balazs Vedres, "Interlocking Comrades." Eleventh International Conference of Europeanists, Baltimore, Feb. 1998.

 

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Vouchers and Investment Funds

* John C. Coffee, Jr., "Investment Privatization Funds: The Czech Experience." In Roman Frydman, Cheryl Gray, and Andrzej Rapaczynski, eds., Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia, vol. I, Banks, Funds, and Foreign Investors, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 111-186.

* Karla Brom and Mitchell Orenstein, "The Privatized Sector in the Czech Republic: Government and Bank Control in a Transitional Economy." Europe Asia Studies, vol 46, no. 6 (1994): 893-928.

Bozidar Djelic and Natalia Tsukanova, "Voucher Auctions: A Crucial Step Toward Privatization." RFE/RL Research Report, vol. 2, no. 30, 23 July 1993.

Roman Frydman, Katharina Pistor, and Andrzej Rapaczynski, "Investing in Insider-Dominated Firms: A Study of Russian Voucher Privatization Funds." In Frydman, Gray, and Rapaczynski, eds., Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia, vol. I, Banks, Funds, and Foreign Investors, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 187-241.

Saul Estrin and Robert Stone, A Taxonomy of Mass Privatization, Transition, vol. 7, nos. 11-12, Nov. - Dec. 1996.

Jan Hanousek and Eugene A. Kroch, "A Model of Learning in Sequential Bidding: Voucher Privatization in the Czech Republic: Wave I," EAST Newsletter, Spring 1995

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Foreign Investment

* Matthew Piasecki, "Looking for Fresh Investment Opportunities in Central Europe and Russia: A Path Finding Guide," in H. Shaughnessy, ed., Privatization and Economic Development in Eastern Europe and the CIS: Investment, Acquisition and Managerial Issues. John Wiley, 1994, pp. 29-46.

* Bruce Kogut, "Direct Investment, Experimentation and Corporate Governance in Transition Economies." In Frydman, Gray, and Rapaczynski, eds., Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia, vol. I, Banks, Funds, and Foreign Investors, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 293-332.

* Tina M. Rinehart, "Forming a High Technology Joint Venture in Hungary," Computer and High Technology Law Journal, vol 11, 1995: 287-318.

Gabor Hunya, "Foreign Direct Investment and its Effects in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland." Vienna Institute for Comparative Economic Studies, Reprint Series, no. 169, June 1997.


Hans-Peter Lankes and A.J. Venables, "Foreign Direct Investment in Economic Transition: The Changing Patterns of Investments," Economics of Transition, vol. 4, no. 2, 1996:331-347.

Cheryl Gray and William Jarosz, "Law the the Regulation of Foreign Direct Investment: The Experience from Central and Eastern Europe." Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, vol. 33, 1995:1-40.

Cheryl Gray and William Jarosz, "Law the the Regulation of Foreign Direct Investment: The Experience from Central and Eastern Europe." Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, vol. 33, 1995:1-40.

Sergio Salani and Jerry Sloan, "An Overview of Legal and Financing Aspects for Doing Business in Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic," Temple International and Comparative Law Journal, vol. 9, 1995:27-54.

Karoly Okolicsanyi, "Tungsram: A Case Study." RFE/RL Research Report, vol. 1, no. 17, April 24, 1992.

Karoly Okolicsanyi, "Hungary: A Car Is Born." RFE/RL Research Report, vol. 1, no. 19, May 8, 1992.

Barry Newman, "Aid to Poland Show How Promised Billions Shrink Upon Delivery." Wall Street Journal Europe. Feb. 23, 1994.

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Banks as Owners, Banks as Creditors

* Peter Dittus and Stephen Prowse, "Corporate Control in Central Europe and Russia: Should Banks Own Shares?" In Frydman, Gray, and Rapaczynski, eds., Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia, vol. I, Banks, Funds, and Foreign Investors, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 20-67.

* Herbert L. Baer and Cheryl W. Gray, "Debt as a Control Device in Transitional Economies: the Experiences of Hungary and Poland." In Frydman, Gray, and Rapaczynski, eds., Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia, vol. I, Banks, Funds, and Foreign Investors, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 68-110.

* Kalman Mizsei, "Lessons from Bad Loan Management in the East Central European Economic Transition for the Second Wave Reform Countries," in Jacek Rostowski, ed., Banking Reform in Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union, Budapest: Central European University Press, 1995, pp. 58-83.

Juliet Ellen Johnson, "The Russian Banking System: Institutional Responses to the Market Transition." Europe Asia Studies, vol. 46, no. 6, 1994, 971-995.

Roy Smith and Ingo Walter, "Bank-Industry Linkages: Models for Eastern European Economic Restructuring." in Donald E. Fair and Robert J. Raymond, eds., The New Europe: Evolving Economic and Financial Systems in East and West. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1993.

Cheryl W. Gray and Arnold Holle, Bank-Led Restructuring in Poland: Its Impact on Enterprises, Transition, vol . nos. 9-10, 1996

Banking Turbulence in the Czech Republic and the "Bad Boys" from Motoinvest, Transition, vol . nos. 9-10, 1996

Alex Fleming and Samuel Talley, Latvian Banking Crisis: Stakes and Mistakes, Transition, vol . nos. 3-4, 1996

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Capital Markets and Securities Exchanges

Gerhard Pohl, et al, "Creating Capital Markets in Central and Eastern Europe," World Bank Technical Paper, number 295, 1995.

J. Robert Brown, "Order from Disorder: The Development of the Russian Securities Markets," University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Business Law, vol. 15, 1994: 509-558.

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Bankruptcy

Kalman Mizsei, "Bankruptcy and the Post-Communist Economies of East Central Europe," New York: Institute for East West Studies, 1993.

P. Aghion, O. Hart, and J. Moore, "The Economics of Bankruptcy Reform," London: Centre for Economic Performance, Discussion Paper no. 93, August 1992.

Cheryl Gray and Arnold Holle, "Bank-led Restructuring in Poland: Bankruptcy and its alternatives." Economics of Transition, May 1997, 5(1):25-44.

 

Filip Korinek, "The Privatization: Insolvencies/Bankruptcies Market in the Czech Republic," May 1994.

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Ethnic Nationalism

* Mark Danner, "America and the Bosnia Genocide" New York Review of Books, Nov. 27, 1997; "The US and the Yugoslav Catastrophe." NYRB Dec. 4, 1997; "Clinton, the UN, and the Bosnian Disaster," NYRB Dec. 20, 1997; "Bosnia: the Turning Point," NYRB, Feb. 5, 1998.

Misha Glenny, The Fall of Yugoslavia, New York: Penguin, 1992.

Rogers Brubaker, "Nationhood and the National Question in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Eurasia: An Institutionalist Account." Theory and Society 23:47-78, 1994.

Misha Glenny, "Yugoslavia: The Great Fall," New York Review of Books, March 23, 1995.

Misha Glenny, "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: The Next Bosnia?" Emphasis, vol. 1, no. 1.

Rogers Brubaker, Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question in the New Europe. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996.

Robert Hayden, "The Bosnian Debacle." and "The Partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1990- 93." Research Reports, National Council for Soviet and East European Research, 1993.

Jill Irvine, "Ultranationalist Ideology and State-Building in Croatia, 1990-96, Problems of Post-Communism, July/August 1997, 44(4):30-43.

 Eric D. Gordy, "Investigating the Destruction of Alternatives: Everyday Life in Belgrade" Problems of Post-Communism, July/August 1997, 44(4):12-21.

 Marko Zivkovic, "Stories Serbs Tell Themselves: Discourses on Identity and Destiny in Serbia since the Mid-1980s." Problems of Post-Communism, July/August 1997, 44(4):22-29.

 Timothy Garton Ash, "In the Serbian Soup" NYRB, April 24, 1997.

E. A. Hammel, "Backward through the Looking Glass: the Yugoslav Labyrinth in Perspective."

The Bosnian Virtual Fieldtrip

Ethnic Map of Eastern Europe

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Flexible Specialization

Charles Sabel and Jane Prokop, "Stabilization through Reorganization: Some Preliminary Implications of Russia's Entry into World Markets in the Age of Discursive Quality Standards," In Frydman, Gray, and Rapaczynski, eds., Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia, vol. II, Insiders and the State. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 151-191.

David Stark, Heterarchy: Asset Ambiguity, Organizational Innovation, and the Postsocialist Firm" in Paul DiMaggio, The Future of the Firm: The Social Organization of Enterprise, Princeton University Press, forthcoming.

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Trust, Distrust, and Confidence Games

Katherine Verdery, "Faith, Hope, and Caritas in the Land of the Pyramids, Romania, 1990-94," in Verdery, What Was Socialism, and What Comes Next? Princeton University Press, 1996, pp. 168-203.

Szaboles Kemeny, "Flexibility and Trust in the Hungarian Transformation," Acta Oeconomica, forthcoming.

 

Fabian Schmidt, Albanian Government Cracks Down On Opposition After Demonstrations Against Pyramid Schemes, OMRI Analytical Briefs, 24 January 1997, Vol 1, No. 531.

Fabian Schmidt , Can The Albanian Government Resolve The Pyramid Crisis? OMRI Analytical Briefs, 3 February 1997, Vol 1, No. 538.

Lindsay Percival, Albania: Pyramid Schemes Common Across Eastern Europe, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

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Accounting, Law, and Corporate Governance

OECD, Accounting Reform in Central Eastern Europe. Paris, 1991.

Bernard Black, Reinier Kraakman, and Jonathan Hay, "Corporate Law from Scratch." In Frydman, Gray, and Rapaczynski, eds., Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia, vol. II, Insiders and the State. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 245-302.

Katherine Hendley, "Legal Development and Privatization in Russia: a Case Study," Soviet Economy, vol. 8, 1992.

Kathryn Hendley, Barry Ickes, Peter Murrell, and Randi Ryterman, "Observations on the Useof Law by Russian Enterprises," Post-Soviet Affairs, January-March 1997, 13(1):19-41.

Robert Cooter, "Organization as Property: Economic Analysis of Property Law Applied to Privatization." in Christopher Clague and Gordon C. Rausser, eds., The Emergence of Market Economies in Eastern Europe. Blackwell, 1992.

Lawrence Brainard, "Reform in Eastern Europe: Creating a Capital Market." Economic Review of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jan/Feb, 1991, pp. 49-58.

William Philbrick, "The Task of Regulating Investment Funds in the Formerly Centrally Planned Economies," Emory International Law Review vol. 8, 1994:539-577.

Carolyn Brzezinski, "Competition and Antitrust Law in Central Europe," Michigan Journal of International Law, vol. 15, Summer 1994: 1129-1178.

Andrei Baev, "Is the a Niche for the State in Corporate Governance? Securitization of State-Owned Enterprises and New Forms of State Ownership," Houston Journal of International Law, vol. 18, Fall 1995, pp. 1-57.

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Labor and Social Issues

Julia Szalai, "Some Aspects of the Changing Situation of Women in Hungary." Signs, vol. 17, no. 1, 1991, pp. 152-170.

Michal Sewerynski, "Trade Unions in the Post-Communist Countries: Regulations, Problems, and Prospects," Comparative Labor Law Journal, vol. 16, 1995, pp. 177-229.

Laszlo Neumann, "Labour Conflicts in Privatization." Acta Oeconomica vol. 43, no. 3-4, 1191, pp. 315-330.

Istvan Gabor, "Internal vs. Occupational Labor Markets: A Neglected Dimension in Hungary's Postsocialist Transformation." Eleventh International Conference of Europeanists, Baltimore, February 1998.

 Laszlo Neumann, "Labour Conflicts in Privatization." Acta Oeconomica. vol. 43, no. 3- 4, 1191, pp. 315-330.


Csaba Mako and Agnes Simonyi, "Inheritence, Imitation, and Genuine Solutions: Institution Building in Hungarian Labour Relations." Europe-Asia Studies vol. 49, no. 2, 1997:221- 243.

 John S. Earle and Saul Estrin, "Employee Ownership in Transition." In Frydman, Gray, and Rapaczynski, eds., Corporate Governance in Central Europe and Russia, vol. II, Insiders and the State. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996, pp. 1-61.

Vladimir Gimpelson, "Changing Work Attitudes in Russia's new Private Sector" RFE/RL Research Report, vol. 2, no. 6, 5 February 1993.

Nanette Funk and Magda Mueller, eds. Gender Politics and Post-communism: Reflections from Eastern Europe. Routledge, 1993.

Kim Lane Scheppele, Women's Rights in Eastern Europe, East European Constitutional Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Winter 1995.

Dominique van de Walle, Common Pitfalls in Measuring Welfare during Transition, Transition, vol. 7, nos.7-8, 1996.

James Millar and Sharon Wolchik, eds., The Social Legacy of Communism. Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Leslie Holmes, "New Forms of Criminality in Post-Communism." Conference on the Social Bases of Liberalization sponsored by the Social Science Research Council, Warsaw, Sept. 1994.

Kim Lane Scheppele, Women's Rights in Eastern Europe, East European Constitutional Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Winter 1995.

Evgeni Tanchev, Parliamentarism Rationalized: Why classical Western models of rule by assembly fail to meet the needs of the emerging democracies, East European Constitutional Review, vol 2., no. 1, Winter 1993.

Dominique van de Walle, Common Pitfalls in Measuring Welfare during Transition, Transition, vol. 7, nos. 7-8, 1996.

László Csaba, Privatization and Social Acceptance-The Flip Side, Transition, vol. 7, nos. 5-6, May - Jun. 1996.

Brian Pinto and Uma Ramakrishnan, Wage Convergence to Western Levels: How Soon? Transition, vol. 7, nos. 1-2, , Jan. - Feb. 1996.

Milan Vodopivec, Accelerating Labor Market Changes in Slovenia - Overall Lessons, Transition, vol. 7, nos. 1-2, , Jan. - Feb. 1996.

 RFL/RE Report on Backwage Problems in Russia

 Russian Research Programme at the University Wawick under the direction of Simon Clark

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Political Parties, Public Opinion

Laszlo Bruszt, "Transformative Politics: Social Costs and Social Peace in East Central Europe." East European Politics and Societies vol. 6, no. 1, 55-72, Winter 1992.

Claus Offe, "Capitalism and Democratic Design?" Social Research, vol. 58, no. 4, (Winter 1991) pp. 865-892.

Ellen Comisso, "Political Coalitions, Economic Choices," Journal of International Affairs, vol. 45, no. 1, 1991, pp. 1-29.

Adam Przeworski, Democracy and the Market. Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Herbert Kitschelt, "The Formation of Party Systems in East Central Europe." Politics and Society, vol. 20, no. 1, March 1992, pp. 7-50.
Herbert Kitschelt, "Emerging Structure of Political Representation in Eastern Europe." Conference on the Social and Political Bases of Economic Liberalization." Warsaw, Sept. 1994.

Herbert Kitschelt, "Patterns of Competition in East Central European Party Systems." Annual meetings of the American Political Science Association, 1995, Chicago.

 Herbert Kitschelt, "Post-Communist Democracies: Do Party Systems Help or Hinder Democractic Consolidation?" Conference on Democracy, Markets, and Civil Societies in Post- 1989 East Central Europe, May 1996, Center for European Studies, Harvard.

Valerie Bunce, "The Return of the Left and the future of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe." Tenth International Conference of the Council of European Studies, Chicago, March 1996.

Richard Rose, "Postcommunism and the Problem of Trust," Journal of Democracy vol. 5, no 3, July 1994, pp. 18-30.

Valerie Bunce, "The Return of the Left and the future of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe." Tenth International Conference of the Council of European Studies, Chicago, March 1996.

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Restoring Central Europe's Damaged Environment

Jon Thompson, "East Europe's Dark Dawn." National Geographic, June 1991.

Hillary French, "Green Revolutions: Environmental Reconstruction in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union," Columbia Journal of World Business, Spring 1991.

Randall S. Thomas, "The Impact of Environmental Liabilities on Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe: A Case Study of Poland," University of California-Davis Law Review, vol. 28, 1994: 165-217.

John Casalino, "Shaping Environmental Law and Policy of Central and Eastern Europe: The European Union's Critical Role," Temple Environmental Law and Technology Journal, Fall 1995.

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Popular Culture

Anna Szemere, "Rock Culture, Politics, and Social Transition: The Case of Hungary," PhD dissertation, Department of Sociology, University of California-San Diego, 1996.

Nancy Condee and Vladimir Padunov, "Pair-A-Dice Lost: The Socialist Gamble, Market Determinism, and Compulsory Postmodernism" New Formations 25 1994, pp. 72-94.

Judit Bodnar, "Assembling the Square: Social Transformation in Public Space and the Broken Mirage of the Second Economy in Postsocialist Budapest." Slavic Review vol. 57, no. 3, 1998: 489-515.

Moira Ratchford, "Post-Glasnost Shock in the Russian Film Industry: The Euphoria is Pst. Now Comes the Tough Part." New Outlook 3:1-2, Winter-Spring 1992, pp. 102-114.

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Small Business Development

Istvan Gabor, "Too Many, Too Small: Entreprenuership in Hungary in Historical and Comparative Perspective" in Gernot Grabher and David Stark, eds. Restructuring Networks in Postsocialism, London: Oxford University Press, 1997, pp. 158-175.

 

Simon Johnson, "Private Business in Eastern Europe." Manuscript, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University.

Leila Webster, "Private Sector Manufacturing in Eastern Europe: Some Cross-Country Comparisons." in Milor, Changing Political Economies.

Endre Sik, "From Second Economy to Informal Economy." Journal of Public Policy, 12 (2):153-175, 1992.

Anthony Jones and William Moskoff, Koops: The Rebirth of Entrepreneurship in the Soviet Union. Indiana University Press, 1991.

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