Terry Cox, Department of Central and East European Studies,University of Glasgow, UK and Bob Mason, Lecturer in Human Resource Management, University of Ulster, UK

• Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The State-Managed Economy and Social Relations under the Old Regimes 3. Three Paths of Development of the State-Managed Economy 4. Paths of Extrication 5. The Contested Politics of Property Relations 6. Transformation and Institutional Change 7. Inequality, Poverty and Unemployment 8. Towards a New System of Industrial Relations 9. Property Ownership and Enterprise Participation 10. Problems and Prospects Bibliography Index

'This book is a thorough and insightful account of changes in social institutions and patterns of social relations resulting from political restructuring and economic reforms. This book is a valuable empirical addition to the historical-institutionalist perspective in analyzing post-communist transformation. I recommend it to academic scholars and students in economics, political science, sociology, and organizational behavior, as well as to others working in the area of post-communist transition and transformation. Furthermore, specialists on recent worldwide changes in industrial relations would be interested in Cox and Mason's through account of institutional change and adaptation.'