The book uses a range of S&T and structural indicators to analyse the transformation process, in particular the transformation of science, technology and industry, in the former communist countries. In-depth assessment of restructuring patterns in the region provides a good basis for an...

In this collection of essays David A Dyker explores some of the mostdifficult and fascinating aspects of the process of transition fromautocratic "real socialism" to a capitalism that is sometimesdemocratic, sometimes authoritarian. The stress is on the economicdimension of transformation, but...