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