Populating No Man’s Land

János Mátyás Kovács is permanent fellow at Institute for Human Sciences, senior lecturer at Eötvös Lorand University, and guest professor at Central European University

This volume focuses on the concepts of ownership under communism. It traces the evolution of economic ideas of property reform leading from the doctrine of blanket nationalization to projects of moderate privatization in eight countries of Eastern Europe and China on the eve of the 1989 revolutions.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Why Ownership? Why Communism?by János Mátyás KovácsChapter 1: From Nationalization to Nowhere. Ownership in Bulgarian Economic Thought(1944-1989)by Roumen AvramovChapter 2: From Control of the 'Commanding Heights' to Control of the Whole Economy andBack. Chinese Ownership Theories Since 1949by Fan ShitaoChapter 3: From Nationalization to Privatization. Understanding the Concept of Ownership inCzechoslovakia (1948-1990)by Julius Horvath and Vitezslav SommerChapter 4: Ownership under East-German Communism-A One-Way Streetby Hans-Jürgen Wagener and Franz RudolphChapter 5: From Two to One (And Only)? Theorizing Ownership in Communist Hungaryby János Mátyás KovácsChapter 6: From Soviet-type Ownership through Self-Management to Privatization. DebatingOwnership in Communist Polandby Maciej Tymi¿skiChapter 7: The Silence of the Herd. Exploring Ownership Concepts in Communist Romaniaby Radu Ioan Simandan, Gabriel Claudiu Mursa and Vlad PascaChapter 8: Fighting Dogma, Rescuing Doctrine. Toward a History of Ownership Debates inSoviet Economic Literatureby Oleg Ananyin and Denis MelnikChapter 9: Social Property and the Market. An Uneasy Symbiosis in Yugoslaviaby Jože MencingerConclusion: Expeditions to No Man's Land. Comparing Economic Concepts of Ownershipunder Communism: An Evolutionary View, by János Mátyás KovácsAbout the Contributors