State and Society in Post-Socialist Economies

The Spirit of Post-socialism; J.Pickles PART 1: ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE, THE STATE AND VARIETIES OF CAPITALISM Leading Sectors and the Variety of Capitalism in Eastern Europe; B.Greskovits Transnational Actors and Corporate Governance in ECE; A.Vliegenthart On the State of the State: Czech Transformation and the Moment of Convergence in the Visegrad Region; J.Drahokoupil Corporate Control Models in Russian Companies and Business Integration; T.G.Dolgopyatova Diverging and Harmonizing of Corporate Governance in Russia; S.Mizobata PART 2: SOCIAL MOBILIZATION AND ECONOMIC TRANFORMATION State-Society Relations in Belarus; K.Haiduk Labour Markets and Trade Unions in Four New Member Countries of the European Union; M.Congiu Cultural Capital, State Regulation and Tourism in Post-Socialist Bulgaria; K.Ghodsee State Policies, Uneven Development and Environmental Regulation in Urban and Rural Lithuania; J.Maciulyte Building a Social Cause in Post-Communist Countries: The case of the Ecology in the Czech Republic; S.Devaux Informal Practice, Cultural Capital and Politics in the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania; Å.B.Grødeland Conclusion: State, Society and Hybrid Post-Socialist Economies; J.Pickles