The quiet revolution from within : economic reform as a source of political decline / Andrew G. Walder -- The process of political decline. Property rights and political power : the cumulative process of political change in Hungary / Anna Seleny -- The second economy as a subversive force : the erosion of party power in Hungary / Ákos Róna-Tas -- The eclipse of the center. The rise of the regions : fiscal reform and the decline of central state capacity in China / Shaoguang Wang. Losing the political initiative : the impact of financial liberalization in Hungary / David L. Bartlett -- Remaking local political networks. Bureaucratic patronage and private business : changing networks of power in urban China / David L. Wank -- Political hierarchy and private entrepreneurship in a Chinese neighborhood / Ole Bruun -- Power and identity in communities. Everyday power relations : changes in a north China village / Yun-xiang Yan. Economy and ethnicity : the revitalization of a Muslim minority in southeastern China / Dru Gladney.