DAVID LANE is Senior Research Associate in the Faculty of Social and Political Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. He is currently the recipient of a Leverhulme Research award to study the relationship of class to transformation in Ukraine and Russia. His recent books include the Legacy of State Socialism and Russian Banking: Evolution, Problems and Prospects. MARTIN MYANT is Professor in the Paisley Business School at the University of Paisley, UK. He has written extensively on economic and political development in East-Central Europe, particularly the Czech Repub

• Introduction; D.Lane & M.Myant PART 1: THE 'VARIETIES OF CAPITALISM' AND POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES Post-State Socialism: A Diversity of Capitalisms? D.Lane Diverging Pathways in Central and Eastern Europe; M.Knell & M.Srholec PART 2: CONSOLIDATED MARKET ECONOMIES Estonia and Slovenia as Antipodes; C.Buchen Eastern Germany's Incorporation into the Federal Republic; R.Schmidt The Czech Republic: From 'Czech' Capitalism to 'European' Capitalism; M.Myant Poland and Ukraine: Institutional Structures and Economic Performance; V.Mykhnenko PART 3: HYBRID ECONOMIES Russian Political Capitalism and its Environment; P.Hanson & E.Teague Kazakhstan: A State-Led Liberalized Market Economy? K.Charman Georgia: Capitalism as Organized Chaos; B.Christophe The Western Balkans; W.Bartlett PART 4: STATIST MARKET ECONOMIES Belarus: Heading towards State Capitalism? J.A.Korosteleva China's Transformation towards Capitalism; J.L.Wilson

'...an important contribution and a welcome addition to the literature on post-communist transition.' - Magnus Feldmann, Political Studies Review