Preface
Part 1: Political Transformations in Russia
Chapter 1 ....................................................... 3
From the CC CPSU to Russian Presidency: The Development of
Semi-Presidentialism in Russia
Atsushi Ogushi
Chapter 2 ...................................................... 27
Subjects or Citizens: Obstacles to the Exercise of
Constitutional Sovereignty Rights in Contemporary Russia
Richard Sakwa
Part 2: Economic Transformations of Communist and Post-
Communist Countries
Chapter 3 ...................................................... 49
Post-Socialist States and the Evolution of a New Development
Model: Russia and China Compared
Peter Rutland
Chapter 4 ...................................................... 73
EU Integration and the "Backwardness" of New Member States:
The Case of Romania and Bulgaria
Akira Uegaki
Part 3: Welfare Transformations of Central and Eastern
Europe
Chapter 5 ...................................................... 99
Welfare State Transformations in Central and Eastern
Europe
Martin Potůček
Chapter 6 ..................................................... 745
Welfare State Institutions and Welfare Politics in Central
and Eastern Europe: The Political Background to
Institutional Diversity
Manabu Sengoku
List of Contributors .......................................... 779
Program of the Symposium ...................................... 180
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