ABSTRACT

A quarter of a century after the introduction of perestroika by Gorbachev, different forms of capitalist market societies are now the architecture of the post-socialist states: politically pluralistic countries that have joined the European Union and more statist hybrid market/administered economies in the countries constituting the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). In this chapter I summarize some of the major achievements and failures detailed in the previous four chapters and seek some explanations for the different outcomes.