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The GeoJournal Library Volume 55
Managing Editors: Herman van der Wusten, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Olga Gritsai, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Former Series Editor: Wolf Tietze, Helmstedt, Germany
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Paul Claval, France R.G. Crane, U.S.A. Yehuda Gradus, Israel Risto Laulajainen, Sweden Gerd UHtig, Germany Walther Manshard, Germany Osamu Nishikawa, Japan Peter Tyson, South Africa
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Democratic and Capitalist Transitions in Eastern Europe Lessons for the Social Sciences editedby
MICHEL DOBRY
Laboratoire d'Analyse des Systemes Politiques, University Paris X-Nanterre, France
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
VII
Notes on Contributors
IX
I. Introduction: When Transitology Meets Simultaneous Transitions Michel Dobry Part I Transitology : the Impact of Eastern European Transformations
17
2. Rival Views of Postcommunist Market Society. The Path Dependence of Transitology Bela Greskovits
19
3. Paths, Choices, Outcomes, and Uncertainty. Elements for a Critique of Transitological Reason M~d~ry
~
4. The Place of Place in Transitions to Democracy Valerie Bunce
71
5. Anticipated Institutions: the Power of Path-finding Expectations Michal Federowicz
91
Part II Elites, Political Games, and the Consolidation of Democracy
107
6. Elite Power Games and Democratic Politics in Central and Eastern Europe John Higley and Jan Pakulski
109
7. From Transition to Consolidation. Extending Democratization and the Practice of Democracy Philippe Schmitter and Nicolas Guilhot
131
the
8. Constitutions and "Good Democracy" in Eastern Europe Leonardo Mortino v
Concept
of
147
vi Part III The Political Economy of Simultaneous Transitions
179
9. The Transformation of State Socialism in Russia: from "Chaotic" Economy to State-led Cooperative Capitalism David Lane
181
10. Constituting Markets: the Case of Russia and the Czech Republic Laszlo Bruszt
197
11. National Trajectories of Post-socialist Transformation: Is There a Convergence Towards Western Capitalisms? Bernard Chavance and Eric Magnin
221
12.lntemationalisation: An Issue Neglected in the Path-Dependency Approach to Post-Communist Transformation Dorothee Bohle
235
Index
263
Preface and Acknowledgements
This book is devoted to the
