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...Roger Schoenman Across the post-communist region, new parties are gaining support from voters by promising to reject the status quo and orthodox policy. Some have come to govern on the basis of such promises and their “outsider” identity. But do these new parties actually make different post-crisis...

...Magnus Feldmann This article examines Estonia’s economic institutions, performance and vulnerability to the global economic crisis in the context of the varieties of capitalism framework. It shows that Estonia shares many characteristics of a liberal market economy, but that there are also some...

... crisis started to take its toll. While the Atlantic link of Central and Eastern Europe is still strong, many commentators have pointed out its wearing strategic meaning. The balance between the focus on the USA and the EU has shifted in favour of Europe. However, this shift has rather been an incomplete...

... of the University of California Russia Crisis Adaptation Everyday life Political talk Communist and Post-Communist Studies 34 (2001) 77 90 Bread and circuses: shifting frames and changing references in ordinary Muscovites political talk Olga Shevchenko * Sociology Department, University of Pennsylvania...