Democratic and capitalist transitions in Eastern Europe : lessons for the social sciences / edited by Michel Dobry.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

When transitology meets simultaneous transitions / Michel Dobry -- Rival views of postcommunst market society / Bela Greskovits -- Paths, choices, outcomes, and uncertainty / Michel Dobry -- Place of place in transitions to democracy / Valerie Bunce -- Anticipated institutions: the power of path-finding expectations / Michal Federowicz -- Elite power games and democratic politics in central and eastern Europe / John Higley, Jan Pakulski -- From tradition to consolidation / Philippe Schmitter, Nicolas Guilhot -- Consitutions and "Good Democracy" in eastern Europe / Leonardo Morlino -- Transformation of state socialism in Russia / David Lane -- Constituting markets: the case of Russia and the Czech Republic / Laszlo Bruszt -- National trajectories of post-socialist transformation / Bernard Chavance, Eric Magnin -- Internationalism: an issue neglected in the path-dependency approach to post-communist transformation / Dorothee Bohle.