Introduction 1. The economic factors of the collapse of state socialism and the new international environment, 1973-1991 2. Transformation and policy mistakes: dramatic economic decline 3. Towards better times: the European Union and its policy of eastwards enlargement 4. Recuperation and growth: the role of foreign direct investment 5. Economic restructuring: transforming main sectors, economic recovery, weaknesses and growth 6. Transformation and social shock 7. Lasting social changes in income, employment, welfare institutions, educational and settlement structure Epilogue: the future of catching-up in the European 'melting pot'.
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