The demographic transition in Eastern Europe and Central Asia -- Demographic change and labor markets -- Aging, savings, and financial markets -- Aging and pension expenditures -- Aging, long term care, and public expenditures -- Aging and education

Key factors affecting satisfaction with life in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union -- Employment, sources of income, and the poor in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union -- Satisfaction with publicly provided health services in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union

Revolutions and revolutionaries, lessons of the years of crises : three Czech encounters with freedom / Martin Palous -- 1968 in Poland : spoiled children, Marxists, and Jews / Irena Gross -- In search of a new Left / Dick Howard -- Rethinking the political scientifically : brief reflections on...