ABSTRACT
While attention has been focused on high-level struggles over control of giant enterprises in China and the former Soviet bloc, a remarkable but underreported revolution has been occurring at the grass-roots level. This volume examines the profiles of entrepreneurs and the patterns of business development in the post-socialist countries Bringing together the perspectives of all the social science disciplines, from anthropology through economics and political science to sociology, the contributors identify the criteria for survival and success of independent businesses in different environments. Their findings shed light not only on the "transition from socialism" at the micro-level, but also on the conditioning effects of different economic, historical, legal, and social conditions on the conduct of independent economic initiatives.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|155 pages
Profiles of Entrepreneurs
chapter 2|27 pages
The Worm and the Caterpillar
chapter 4|21 pages
Security and Enforcement as Private Business
chapter 5|26 pages
The Construction of a Professional Field
part 2|190 pages
Patterns of Entrepreneurialism