The article proposes an approach to the analysis of social change and contributes to the clarification of concepts of economic policy. It deals in particular with the notion of "change of system". The author considers positive and normative aspects of the analysis of capitalist and socialist systems. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the system to be changed are introduced, their fulfillment is discussed drawing upon the historical and statistical data. The article describes both economic and political peculiarities of the transitional period in different countries, especially in Eastern Europe.
Ethnic struggle, coexistence, and democratization in Eastern Europe, by Sherrill Stroschein, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012, 314 pp., $29.99 (paperback); and $109.99 (cloth), ISBN 9781107656949