1. Introduction 1

2. Patterns of transition 13

3. A model of agricultural transition 28

4. Policy reforms 50

5. The effects of the reforms 76

6. Basic determinants of reform strategies 95

7. Why did the Communist Party reform in China,

but not in the Soviet Union? 100

8. Determining the pace of market liberalization 123

9. The political economy of property rights reform

and farm restructuring 134

10. Conclusions 155

11. Lessons of agricultural transition 170

12. The second decade of transition 179