Political and economic liberalization : dynamics and linkages in comparative perspectives / edited by Gerd Nonneman

Themes, debates, and explanations, 1. -- Economic liberalization : The debates, 3. -- Patterns of economic liberalization : Explanations and modalities, 31. -- Patterns of political liberalization : Explanations and modalities, 45. -- Eastern Europe, 63. -- Poland's transition from State Socialism to Capitalism, 65. -- Poland : Significance and limitations of the democratization process, 101. -- The roots of reform in Albania, 125. -- The politics of economic reform in Albania, 137. -- The Middle East, 151. -- Democratization in the Middle East : The evidence from the Syrian case, 153. -- Syria's private sector : Economic liberalization and the challenges of the 1990's, 169. -- The initiation of economic liberalization in Algeria, 1979-1989, 181. -- Algeria's troubled road toward political and economic liberalization, 1988-1995, 199. -- East Asia, 229. -- The origins of economic liberalization and democratization in South Korea, 229. -- South Korean liberalization since 1993, 245. -- Opening up China : Liberalizing international economic relations, 269. -- China's post-Mao political economy : A puzzle, 287. -- Conclusion, 305. -- Linkages between economic and political liberalization : Some concluding observations, 307