New Op-Ed for PS
Kristen Ghodsee Kristen Ghodsee

New Op-Ed for PS

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.

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Social Europe article about our book
Mitchell Orenstein Mitchell Orenstein

Social Europe article about our book

Sheri Berman reviews Taking Stock of Shock to show how the post-communist left embraced neoliberalism and left the door open for an authoritarian, statist version of populism to thrive.

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Letter in the Financial Times
Kristen Ghodsee Kristen Ghodsee

Letter in the Financial Times

Letter: EBRD must own up to the failure of its policies by Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell Orenstein, December 5, 2019

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