Table of Contents

Preface
Perspectives and Frameworks: Transition To What?
A Global Approach to Privatization by Demetrius S. Iatridis
Privatization, Competition, and Structural Change in Eastern Europe by Martin C. Spechler
Privatization and Reform of Public Enterprise: An Overview of Trade-Offs, Experiences, and Outcomes by Gerd Schwartz and Paulo Silva Lopes
National Policies
Privitization in Estonia by Mait Miljan and Kuino Turk
The Czech Republic's Privatization Experience by Thomas D. Hopkins
Economic Reforms in the Baltics: The Case of Lithuania by Valdas Samonis
The Concept of Mass Privatization in Poland: Theoretical and Practical Considerations by Jacek Klich
Privatization in Romania: Present State and Perspectives by Ovidiu Nicolescu
Economic Perspectives on Privatization in Russia: 1990-1994 by Thomas E. Weisskopf
Slovenia: A Case Study of the Challenges of Privatization by Kenneth Zapp
The Privatization Process in Bulgaria by Svetlana Alexandrova
Privatization and Restructuring in Croatia by Mate Babi'c
The State and Political Markets
State and Market in Romanian Social Policy by Livia Popescu
Corporate Interests and the Politics of Transition in Russia: 1991-1994 by Neil Robinson
Privatization and Oligarchy in Post-Communist Russia by Miroslav K. Popov and Elka N. Todorova
Conclusion
Index

About the Author

DEMETRIUS S. IATRIDIS, Chair of Policy Planning at Boston College Graduate School of Social Work, is a policy planner as well as an author of several books, and he teaches policy analysis and theory of planning - JUNE GARY HOPPS is Dean and Professor at the Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. - She has coauthored or coedited several books.