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Welfare states in transition: East and West

Some of these criticisms are perhaps unfair, in that one can only expect so much from a single book. Indeed, one of the strengths of the book is that in its analytical richness, it implicitly invites others to test its conclusions empirically. Does the number of strikes decrease, for example, the more extensive a society's informal economy? Will improved macroeconomic performance in the region release pent-up demands? There are many such propositions in the book that deserve further examination. In short, students of postcommunist transformations, and the politics of economic reform generally, will do well to read this book.