Systemic change in post-communist economies : selected papers from the Fifth World Congress of Central and East European Studies, Warsaw, 1995 / edited by Paul G. Hare.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview / Paul G. Hare -- Gradualism versus Shock Therapy / Pawel Bozyk -- 'Shock versus Gradualism': The Inappropriateness of the Labels Applied to the Strategies in Central Europe / Herman W. Hoen -- The Visible versus the Invisible Hand: A Tension Inherent in the Post-Communist Economies / Joseph L. Porket -- Road Maps to Markets: Issues in the Theory of the Post-Communist Transformation / Valdas Samonis -- Russian Output Drop in Early Transition: Macro- and Micro-economic Implications / Masaaki Kuboniwa -- Polish Econonomic Reforms in Japanese Historical Perspective / Ken Morita -- Theories of Disintegration of the USSR / Hillel H. Ticktin -- Political Problems of Economic Transformation Post-Communist Russia / Vladimir Mau -- Western Economists and the Transition Process in Russia / Bob Arnot -- Russia's Economic Recovery Potential to the Year 2000 / Steven Rosefielde -- The Georgian Economy: Main Directions and Initial Results of Reforms / Vladimer Papava.