This edited volume analyses and discusses the systematisation of Polish socio-economic transformations of the last three decades using selected examples of the most important changes. 1989 marked the onset of the political transformation process in Poland and other countries of Central and...

State capitalist analysis-before the Russian revolution, in reaction to Stalin's consolidation of power, and after the Cold War / Vincent Kelly Pollard -- State capitalism versus communism : what happened in the USSR? / Satya Gabriel, Stephen A. Resnick, and Richard D. Wolff -- Labor,...

Introduction. Poland thirty years on : 1989-2019 / Anna Visvizi, Anna Matysek-Jędrych and Katarzyna Mroczek-Dąbrowska -- Transition and transformation : the case of Poland / Anna Visvizi and Katarzyna Żukrowska -- Trade and financial openness of the Polish economy in the context of economic...

Recurring Patterns in Georgian Politics / Stephen F. Jones -- New Shifts in Georgian Geography / Joseph Salukvadze and Zurab Davitashvili -- Economic and Regional Factors in Georgia's Political Transformation / Mikheil Tokmazishvili -- Higher Education and State Building in Georgia / Marine...

"Building on an original interpretation of social theory and an interdisciplinary approach, this book creates a new paradigm in the Russian studies. Taking a fresh view of Russia's multiple experiences of modernization, it seeks to explain the Putin era in a completely new way. This book...