Die überarbeiteten Beiträge des Bandes gehen auf die Herbsttagung des Arbeitskreises Politische Ökonomie 1995 in Frankfurt (Oder) zurück, die zusammen mit dem Frankfurter Institut für Transformationsstudien organisiert wurde und unter dem Thema "die Politische Ökonomie des Strukturellen Wandels" stattfand. Inhalt: José Casas Pardo: The Spanish Transition to Democracy. A Public Choice Approach (11-44); Günther F. Schäfer: Comment on: "The Spanish transition to democracy" by José Casas Pardo (45-46); Jens Hölscher / Johannes Stephan: Export-Oriented Development and Income Creation in Hungary (47-71); Sven Damberger / Franz Haslinger: Capital Needs in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union (73-86); Davorin Kracun / Egon Zizmond: Transition and Economic Recovery in the Case of Slovenia (87-111); Joanna Kruczalak-Jankowska: The Environmental Problems in the Process of Privatisation in Poland (113-119); Jürgen Backhaus / Staffan Westerlund: A Note on Waste Management in Slovakia (121-125); Barbara Krug: Moving the Mountain. Some Lessons from the Chinese Case of Economic Transformation (127-152); A. Nesterenko: Current Issues of Institutional Reforms in the Russian Economy (153-166); Wladyslaw B. Sztyber: Structural Transformation in Foreign Trade of Poland in the Period of Transition (167-187); Janiana Witkowska: Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe in the Light of the Eclectic Paradigm of International Production (189-209); Zofia Wysokinska: The Implication of the Transformation and Integration Processes on Structural Adjustments in the Polish Industry and Foreign Trade. Some Comparisons with South-East Asia (211-239); Nicholas W. Balabkins / Frank R. Gunter: The Miracle of the Latvian Lat: Its Fragile Foundations (241-256); Frank G. Steindl: The Miracle of the Latvian Lat: Accountants or Markets? (257-258); Arno Mong Daastöl: Transportation, Credit, and Raw Materials in the Russian Transformation. Shock-Therapy Rent-Seeking or Mercantilist Rent-Creation? (259-346).