Contents

List of tables xii
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction and overview 1

Part I The coutries of Eastern Europe 65

1 Albania 67
2 Bulgaria 116
3 The Czech Republic 156
4 Hungary 202
5 Poland 240
6 Romania 297
7 Slovakia 348

Part II General issues 381

8 General issues in the transition from command to market economies 383

Postcript 408
Bibliography 416
Index 433