Postcommunist Transformation and the Social Sciences: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches

Abstract

Chapter 1 Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Postcommunist Transformation: Context and Agenda Chapter 2 Transformation as a Subject of Economic Theory Chapter 3 Crisis of Transition as a State Crisis Chapter 4 Trust in Transition Chapter 5 Networks, Social Capital and Leadership: Methodological Remarks on Approaches to the Study of Postcommunist Transformation Chapter 6 Comparative Economics and the Study of Russian Transition Chapter 7 Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk: Cultural and Institutional Effects of Western Models Chapter 8 Global, Transnational, and National Change Mechanisms: Bridging International and Comparative Approaches to Postcommunist Transformation Chapter 9 Economic Transformation, Moral Resources, and the State in Postsocialist Societies: On the Comparative Analysis of Transformation Paths in Central and Eastern Europe Chapter 10 Transformation Process, Modernization Patterns, and Collective Identities: Democratization, Nationalism, and Religion in Postcommunist Germany, Poland, and Russia Chapter 11 Path-Dependence of Chapter 12 An Excursion to the Zoo: Comments on Bela Greskovits Chapter 13 Commentary on Bela Greskovits, The Path-Dependence of Transitology