Strategic Choice and Path-Dependency in Post-Socialism focuses on the distinctive Institutional legacies of state socialism and their impact on the transformation of Poland, Hungary and the former Czechoslovakia. Strategic dilemmas and problems of institutional design involved in the transition from state socialism to democratic and market-oriented societies are also addressed in this ground breaking volume. This strong combination of theoretically informed comparative analysis with up to date case studies, drawing on several years' experience of the countries discussed, will ensure that this major new volume will be welcomed by students and researchers interested in Eastern and Central Europe, comparative economics, politics and sociology.