1. Europe versus Asia: Contrasting Paths to the Reform of Centrally Planned Systems of Political Economy / Ha-Joon Chang and Peter Nolan -- 2. Capitalist Triumphalism in the Eastern European Transition / Peter Wiles -- 3. Economic Theory and Transformation of the Soviet-type System: The Challenge of the Late Industrialisation Perspective / Dic Lo -- 4. Wasted Sacrifices: Real Wages and Reconstruction in Eastern Europe / Andrew Glyn -- 5. The Transition in Eastern Europe: The Case for Industrial Policy / Michael A. Landesmann and Istvan Abel -- 6. Reflections on the Privatisation Issue / Keith Cowling -- 7. Financial Fragility in the Transition to Market Economies / Laurence Harris -- 8. Equality, Efficiency and Economic Progress: The Case for Universally Applied Equitable Standards for Wages and Conditions of Work / Frank Wilkinson -- 9. Social Security Reform in Urban China: The Case of Shanghai / Steve Pudney
10. The Role of Foreign Direct Investment in the Transformation of Eastern Europe / Hugo Radice -- 11. The Lessons of History: New Economic Policy in China and the USSR / Chris Bramall -- 12. Nicaragua: The Sandinista Experiment and its Aftermath / Gabriel Palma -- 13. Return to Europe? Is There Anything for Eastern Europe to Learn from East Asia? / Ha-Joon Chang -- 14. Political Economy and the Reform of Stalinism: The Chinese Puzzle / Peter Nolan
Notes
Papers presented at a conference held at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in July 1992