Uncertain Transition

Michael Burawoy is professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.Katherine Verdery is professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Traders, "Disorder," and Citizenship Regimes in Provincial RussiaChapter 3 Fuzzy Property: Rights, Power, and Identity in Transylvania's DecollectivizationChapter 4 Barter of the Bankrupt: The Politics of Demonetization in Russia's Federal StateChapter 5 Slick Salesmen and Simple People: Negotiated Capitalism in a Privatized Polish FirmChapter 6 "But We Are Still Mothers": Gender, State, and the Construction of Need in HungaryChapter 7 Deconstructing Socialism in BulgariaChapter 8 Redefining the Collective: Russian Mineworkers in TransitionChapter 9 Portable Worlds: On the Limits of Replication in the Czech and Slovak Republics

An excellent introduction to the current social and political changes in Eastern Europe. Although it presents an academic discussion, I strongly suggest that business people and those who plan to work in Eastern Europe should glance at it, for it offers an excellent insight into the mentality of societies with which they might work.