A very thoughtful review from Joachim Becker.
Two videos from recent events
Here are two videos from a talk I gave with Mitchell Orenstein for the Universität zu Köln back in December and last week’s bookstore event with Lea Ypi.
New review of Taking Stock of Shock in Czech →
Thanks to Gábor Scheiring at Review of Democracy
New opinion piece for Project Syndicate →
Why Won't Eastern Europeans Get Vaccinated?
Nov 8, 2021
KRISTEN GHODSEE, MITCHELL A. ORENSTEIN
The region’s high degree of vaccine skepticism and surging death rates do not reflect the lingering effects of decades of communist rule, but rather the decades-long social consequences of its collapse. Many countries in the region have not yet reversed the profound erosion of public trust that began after 1989.
New podcast on Taking Stock of Shock with Reimagining Soviet Georgia →
A new interview about Taking Stock of Shock on the Reimagining Soviet Georgia podcast.
An article about Taking Stock of Shock in Social Europe →
The consequences of neoliberal capitalism in eastern Europe
by Sheri Berman on 6th September 2021
Sheri Berman argues that post-communist left embrace of economic as well as political liberalism allowed populists to target the latter.
The physical copies have arrived!
The actual copies of Taking Stock of Shock arrived in the mail yesterday. Writing is such a weird profession, because of all of the delayed gratification. You can go months or years without having a publication, and then they all start coming out at the same time.
The final book cover for Taking Stock of Shock
This is the final proof of the front and back of the book!
The blurbs for Taking Stock of Shock
So pleased to have these great blurbs for my forthcoming co-authored book with Oxford University Press
“From a starting point of cacophony, where different disciplines and data seem to depict the post-Soviet transition as either a grand success or an absolute failure, Ghodsee and Orenstein seam together a convincing narrative where both achievements and disappointments can coexist. The book’s focus on widening inequality allows reconciling these opposing views and providing crucial insights not only for scholars of transition countries but also for observers and policymakers in other regions.”
“Ghodsee and Orenstein have written a provocative book on what they argue are the different transitions people across the post-Soviet sphere have experienced over the past decades. Drawing on an impressive array of economic, demographic, public opinion, and ethnographic data, they critically analyze the emergence of stark inequalities that have generated tremendous hardships for many and enormous benefits for some. Taking Stock of Shock is sure to stimulate debate among scholars and policy makers alike.”
Proposed cover design for Taking Stock of Shock
I just received this proposed cover design for my forthcoming book with Oxford University Press, co-authored with my Penn colleague, the political scientist Mitchell A. Orenstein. This is my original photo from Romania in 2012.
