Die in diesem Band veröffentlichten Studien haben einen gemeinsamen Nenner: die Suche nach einem neuen Weg nach dem Niedergang des Sozialismus. In den ersten drei Studien wird der Reformprozeß behandelt. Sie beschreiben, was in Ländern, die versuchten Elemente der Plan- und der...

Eight essays connected by various common strands. The most important one is the community of the main subject-matter: socialism, capitalism, democracy, change of system. These four expressions cover four phenomena of great and comprehensive importance. Each piece in the book deals with these and...

Literature on post-socialist transformation usually deals with the political, economic and social sides of it, although there have also been important changes in the field of technical advance in the last 20 years. One of capitalism's main virtues is the strong incentive it gives to dynamism,...