State and Society in Post-Socialist Economies

This book provides detailed examinations of a range of state-society relations in post-socialism.

State and Society in Post-Socialist Economies provides detailed examinations of a range of state-society relations in post-socialism. It examines ways that the state regulates or sets the parameters for regulating capitalist practices and the ways in which the state interacts with social groups focused on changing state policy. The cases cover the full range of post-socialist countries, from the Central European new members of the EU, to those in Eastern Europe, as well as a range of countries of the former Soviet Union, including a “progressive” country (Lithuania) and a “reform resister” (Belarus).

JOHN PICKLES is Earl N. Distinguished Chair of International Studies in the Department of Geography at the University of North Carolina. ROBERT M. JENKINS is Director of the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies at the University of North Carolina.

Introduction–J.Pickles & R.Jenkins * PART 1: ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE, THE STATE AND VARIETIES OF CAPITALISM * Variety of Transnational Capitalism in the Ex-socialist Newcomers to the EU–B.Greskovits * Transnational Actors and Corporate Governance in ECE: The Case of the EU and the Czech Republic–A.Vliegenthart * On the State of the State: Czech Transformation and the Moment of Convergence in the Visegrad Region–J.Drahokoupil * Business Integration and the Evolution of Corporate Control Models in Russian Companies–T.G.Dolgopyatova * Diverging and Harmonizing of Corporate Governance in Russia–S.Mizobata * PART 2: SOCIAL MOBILIZATION AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION * State-Society Relations in Belarus: A ‘Labour Dimension’–K.Haiduk * Labour Markets and Trade Unions in Four New Member Countries of the European Union–M.Congiu * You Can Take It with You: Cultural Capital, State Regulation and Tourism in Postsocialist Bulgaria–K.Ghodsee * Lithuania: The Environment as an Indicator of the Urban-Rural Divide–J.Maciulyte * Building a Social Cause in Post-communist Countries: The Case of the Ecology in the Czech Republic–S.Devaux * Informal Networks in East Central Europe and the Balkans: A Comparison–A.B.Grodeland * Conclusion–J.Pickles & R.Jenkins