Table of Contents

Introduction: The Focus of the Enquiry
Part I Russia
1. A society in torment
2. The failure of Perestroika
3. Descent into Chaos
4. The Unmaking of Russia
5. An Uncertain Future
Part II China
Introduction
1. How fast is China Growing?
2. From Plan to Market
3. Enterprise Autonomy - The Core of Reform
4. Is China's Transformation Sustainable?
5. Drifting Towards an Economic Crisis
6. Reform in the Teeth of Recession
Part III India
1. The Harbingers of Crisis
2. The Success of Gradual Reform
3. The Congress Defeat and Setback for Economic Reform
4. Reforms Grind to a Halt
5. The Second Economic Crisis and Turning Point
Conclusion: State and Market in Economic Reform

About the Author

Prem Shankar Jha is a columnist and former editor of the Hindustamn Times, New Delhi's main morning daily. He has worked as a consultant to the UN Centre for Human settlements and the World Bank. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University and a Visiting Professor and Lecturer at the University of Virginia. His books include India a Political Economy of Stagnation (OUP, 1980), In the Eye of the Cyclone: The Crisis in Indian Democracy (Viking, 1993), and Kashmir 1947: Rival Versions of History (OUP, 1996).