The transformation of a non-market to a market economy ought to change fundamentally the significance of money incomes for welfare. Whereas in a stressful non-market economy such as the former Soviet Union, non-monetized resources could substitute for money income and promote welfare, in a...

Democracy is a precondition for membership of the European Union (EU). What are the chances for democracy in the post-communist states of central and eastern Europe? The first section states arguments of doubters; the second and third present fresh empirical evidence from nation-wide surveys of...