This Bulletin examines the European and Asian countries which are reforming formally Communist centrally-planned economies and one-party states. It goes beyond the frequent preoccupation with monetary policy and measures of economic openness to examine a multi-faceted phenomenon involving all areas of social , political and economic life. Topics include the development of new economic and legal institutions, the sociology of entrepreneurship and trends in the labour market and the mass media in a range of countries from Albania top Russia, Kazakstan and Vietnam.