Elster, Jon creator text Cambridge, U.K New York, NY, USA Cambridge University Press 1998 monographic xii, 350 p. ; 24 cm. 1. Introduction: agenda, agency, and aims of Central East European transitions 2. Mapping Eastern Europe 3. Constitutional politics in Eastern Europe 4. Building and consolidating democracies 5. Building capitalism in Eastern Europe 6. Social policy transformation 7. Consolidation and the cleavages of ideology and identity 8. Conclusion: the unfinished project. Jon Elster, Claus Offe, and Ulrich K. Preuss, with Frank Boenker, Ulrike Goetting, and Friedbert W. Rueb. Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-345) and index. Democracy Europe, Eastern Post-communism Europe, Eastern Europe, Eastern Politics and government Europe, Eastern Economic policy 943.0009717 ELS/I 0521473861 (hard) 0521479312 (pbk.)