It is worth checking out the following pieces from New Left Review: Peter Gowan, 'Neo-Liberal Theory and Practice for Eastern Europe' NLR 213, Sept/Oct 1995 and the debate this article provoked between Gowan and John Lloyd in NLR 216, Mar/April 1996. On the political fallout see the pieces by Kagarlitsky et al in NLR 215 Jan/Feb 1996 Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED]