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Nina Bandelj
Oxford University Press, USA

Socialism Vanquished, Socialism Challenged: Eastern Europe and China, 1989-2009

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AuthorNina Bandelj
PublisherOxford University Press, USA
PublishedApr 07 2020
Book FormatPaperback
ISBN-139780199895960
Dimensions9.1 X 6.1 X 0.9 inches
Weight 1 pounds
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CategoriesPolitical Science > Political Process - General
LanguageEnglish

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Socialism Vanquished, Socialism Challenged examines the twenty-year aftermath of the 1989 assaults on established, state-sponsored socialism in the former Soviet bloc and in China. Editors Nina Bandelj and Dorothy J. Solinger bring together prominent experts on Eastern Europe and China to examine the respective trajectories of political, economic, and social transformations that unfolded in these two areas, while also comparing the changes that ensued within the two regions. The volume features paired comparisons, with one chapter on the countries from the former Soviet bloc and one on China for each of the following themes: the reinstitutionalization of politics, the recasting of state-society relations, the reform of economic systems, changes in economic behavior, and transformations of social institutions. Despite differences in the specific substantive focus and disciplinary grounding among individual chapters, all chapters share a concern with the fate of the state in postsocialism. They elaborate on topics such as the transformations of the old socialist state and its nature, activities and roles; civil society before and after 1989; the ways in which the state has, or has not, acted to encourage new forms of economic behavior; and the state's responsibility for societal trends, whether in family formation, in protest or in inequality. Taking a unique approach to understand twentieth-century socialism on a global scale, Socialism Vanquished, Socialism Challenged uncovers insights about political models and economic patterns that have emerged in the grand project of the transition from socialism.

Author Bio

I'm an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine, with faculty affiliations in the Center for the Study of Democracy and Center for Organizational Research.

Recent accomplishments: 2006 Jean Monnet Fellow, European University Institute, Florence, Italy 2005 East Central European Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany 2004 Winner of Seymour Martin Lipset Dissertation Award, Society for Comparative Research Ph.D. Dissertation: Emma Embedded Economies: Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe

Research Interests

Economic Sociology, Organizations, Culture, Emotions, Comparative/Historical Sociology, Globalization, Postsocialism, Inequality,

Social Networks, Gender, Knowledge and Ideas, Children and Youth, Immigration, Ethnicity/Race, Mixed Methods.

Education

2003 Ph.D., Princeton University, Department of Sociology - Winner of 2004 Seymour Martin Lipset Dissertation Award from the Society for Comparative Research
2000 M.A., Princeton University, Department of Sociology
1997 B.A. (summa cum laude), Augsburg College, Minneapolis (Sociology, with honors, Communication, minor in Business Administration)
1993 International Baccalaureate (with distinction), Ljubljana, Slovenia

Source: University of California Irvine and Princeton University

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