The legacy of state socialism and the future of transformation / edited by David Lane.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Trajectories of transformation : theories, legacies, and outcomes / David Lane -- Party systems and the state socialist legacy in Eastern Europe / Paul G. Lewis -- Russia : the revenge of the superstructure / Stephen White -- Russia's federal legacy and democratization / Cameron Ross -- Elites and institutions in Russian economic transformation : the case of Sverdlovsk / Lynn D. Nelson and Irina Y. Kuzes -- Institutional and political legacies of the socialist welfare state / Linda J. Cook -- Cooperatives and the legacy of state socialism / Greg Andrusz -- The military-industrial complex, technological change, and the space industry / Stefanie Harter -- The nationalities question and Soviet collapse : weakness in state socialism or path-dependent breakdown? / Ray Taras -- Class, status, powerlessness : workers in postcommunist Russia / Walter D. Connor -- The changing position of women : trafficking, crime, and corruption / Louise I. Shelley -- "A failed crusade?" The United States and postcommunist Russia / Michael Cox.