Markets, democracy, and privatizationthe theoretical argument -- Neo-liberal privatization -- Institutional policy design, politics, and the creation of capitalism -- Ownership regimes : the basic model of how they form -- The two trajectories of ownership regime evolution -- Czech privatization...

Many countries around the world have introduced systems of asset declarations for public officials in order to prevent corruption. These systems vary greatly from country to country. The impact of such systems on the actual level of corruption is not well known. This study provides a systematic...

A comprehensive introduction to the nations of Central and Eastern Europe over a half century of turbulent change - from post war subjugation by the Soviet Union to both shared and divergent experiences of post-Communist transition to free-market democracies.