The article argues that, of the four major potential mechanisms for integration - the state, tripartite social partnerships, employer and employee organisations and shared values - in Central and Eastern Europe only the trade unions are contributing significantly towards national employment...

The paper contributes to the sociological tradition of comparative institutional analysis. It argues that a distinctive form of capitalism is emerging in post 1989 Central and Eastern Europe, politicized managerial capitalism. This is a bifurcated system, one sub-system internationally oriented,...