Introduction--J.Pickles & R.Jenkins * PART 1: ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE, THE STATE AND VARIETIES OF CAPITALISM * Variety of Transnational Capitalism in the Ex-socialist Newcomers to the EU--B.Greskovits * Transnational Actors and Corporate Governance in ECE: The Case of the EU and the Czech Republic--A.Vliegenthart * On the State of the State: Czech Transformation and the Moment of Convergence in the Visegrad Region--J.Drahokoupil * Business Integration and the Evolution of Corporate Control Models in Russian Companies--T.G.Dolgopyatova * Diverging and Harmonizing of Corporate Governance in Russia--S.Mizobata * PART 2: SOCIAL MOBILIZATION AND ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION * State-Society Relations in Belarus: A 'Labour Dimension'--K.Haiduk * Labour Markets and Trade Unions in Four New Member Countries of the European Union--M.Congiu * You Can Take It with You: Cultural Capital, State Regulation and Tourism in Postsocialist Bulgaria--K.Ghodsee * Lithuania: The Environment as an Indicator of the Urban-Rural Divide--J.Maciulyte * Building a Social Cause in Post-communist Countries: The Case of the Ecology in the Czech Republic--S.Devaux * Informal Networks in East Central Europe and the Balkans: A Comparison--A.B.Grodeland * Conclusion--J.Pickles & R.Jenkins