Table of Contents

Part 1 Integration and disintegration: an economic interpretation, Bruno Dallago; the opening process in East European economies, Laszlo Szamuely; differing approaches to the transition to post-socialist development in the newly-formed Balkan States, Ivo Bicanic and Marko Skreb. Part 2 Integration and disintegration in Europe: the EC versus the former USSR, Gijsbertus van Selm; economic disintegration in Eastern Europe - towards a new integration?, Madeline Andreff and Wladimir Andreff; Russia, CIS and the world economy - looking for new structures of integration, co-operation and trade, Horst Brezinski; divergent and convergent processes in integrating Europe - where are the Balkans?, Rossitsa Rangelova; wage hikes, unemployment and deindustrialization - on peculiarities in Eastern Germany's transition, Peter Kalmbach. Part 3 From the Soviet ruble to national rubles and independent currencies - the evolution of the ruble area in 1991-1993, Marek Dabrowski; escaping from the ruble - Estonia and Latvia compared, Seija Lainela and Pekka Sutela; intermediate and final objectives in the process of EMU, Ferdinando Targetti; Italy and the crisis of the EMS, Luigi Bosco.