Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- Part I The political economy of state socialism -- Chapter 1 The system of state socialism -- Chapter 2 The successes and failures of central planning -- Chapter 3 From reform to breakdown -- Part II Macro-economic transformations: From shock to...

This paper analyses the changing forms of international economic integration in Central Asia Republics (CARs) of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan from their emergence as independent states at the time of the break-up of the Soviet Union to the world financial...

The break-up of the Soviet Union led to a collapse in Central Asian Republics' external economic relations. Subsequent international integration is followed with a framework and methods applied to East-Central Europe. Results show a move towards increasing reliance on raw materials with no...

This paper focuses on changing ‘welfare regimes’ during economic transformations. Welfare regimes and the role of formal welfare-state institutions were shaped by three principal processes. First, where formal welfare-state institutions failed to adjust to the new environment,...