STURM, Roland <br/><br/>
Economic transformation in Central and Eastern Europe :  towards a new regulatory regime? 

 - London :  Routledge,  October 2000 
<br/><br/> The 'new regulatory state' became a major issue in debates on the development of statehood at the end of the twentieth century. While most Western democracies have experienced dramatic changes in their state - societal arrangements, it seems not at all clear to what extent the transition countries of Eastern and Central Europe are going through a similar process. While it is obvious that privatization and deregulation in these countries are a necessary precondition for their economic recovery, it remains questionable whether this implies at the same time the establishment of new regulatory regimes. Our examination of the transport sector illustrates that it is difficult to argue that new regulatory regimes in Eastern and Central Europe automatically parallel developments in Western Europe. Rather, the transition countries tend to make innovative use of regulatory policies and regimes where socially acceptable, but at the same time preserve significant features of their socialist heritage.