The paper contributes to the sociological tradition of comparative institutional analysis. It argues that a distinctive form of capitalism is emerging in post 1989 Central and Eastern Europe, politicized managerial capitalism. This is a bifurcated system, one sub-system internationally oriented,...

This article employs institutional theory to analyse the remodelling of employment relations after the transformation from socialism to a market-based economy. Such transformation is subject to constraints deriving from institutional legacies which include both structures and ideational forces,...

The article argues that, of the four major potential mechanisms for integration - the state, tripartite social partnerships, employer and employee organisations and shared values - in Central and Eastern Europe only the trade unions are contributing significantly towards national employment...