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Popular Politics and the Path to Durable Democracy

gaborscheiring

May 241 min read

Popular Politics and the Path to Durable Democracy

Happy to share my review of Ali Kadivar's excellent book on the social foundations of democracies, just out in the American Journal of...

gaborscheiring

May 131 min read

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Social classes and autocratization

I contributed a chapter to the Routledge Handbook of Autocratization. ABSTRACT This chapter reviews the role of social class dynamics...

gaborscheiring

Feb 221 min read

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It's the Economy, Stupid

Thrilled to share our article just out in the British Journal of Political Science. The first meta-analysis of the evidence of a causal...

The Political Economy of the Postsocialist Mortality Crisis

gaborscheiring

Jan 171 min read

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The Political Economy of the Postsocialist Mortality Crisis

It's great to see our chapter on the political economy of the postsocialist mortality crisis published early this year.

Deindustrialization and the postsocialist mortality crisis

gaborscheiring

Mar 25, 20232 min read

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Deindustrialization and the postsocialist mortality crisis

Why did 7M people die prematurely in Eastern Europe during the transition in the 90s? In our paper in the Cambridge Journal of Economics,...

The politics of growth models and populism

gaborscheiring

Mar 15, 20231 min read

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The politics of growth models and populism

In my new essay, The Politics of Growth Models and Populism in East-Central Europe, I embed my research on populism in the growth model...

gaborscheiring

Jun 17, 20221 min read

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My book reviewed in AJS

The American Journal of Sociology published a review of my book, The retreat of liberal democracy.

Deaths of Despair in Comparative Perspective

gaborscheiring

Apr 12, 20221 min read

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Deaths of Despair in Comparative Perspective

In our new Annual Review of Sociology article, we compare the American Deaths of Despair epidemic and the postsocialist mortality crisis.

Deindustrialization, social disintegration, and health

gaborscheiring

Mar 14, 20221 min read

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Deindustrialization, social disintegration, and health

We present a neoclassical sociological synthesis of the lived experience of deindustrialization and its implications for health.

The national-populist mutation of neoliberalism

gaborscheiring

Feb 20, 20221 min read

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The national-populist mutation of neoliberalism

We know much about the mutation of neoliberalism in advanced economies. I show how this might happen in investment-dependent economies.

Neoliberal Capitalism and the Visegrad Countermovements

gaborscheiring

Dec 3, 20211 min read

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Neoliberal Capitalism and the Visegrad Countermovements

Our special issue—Neoliberal Capitalism and the Visegrad Countermovements—is finally out & complete.

gaborscheiring

Nov 30, 20211 min read

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The social requisites of illiberalism

The world is facing a new wave of autocratization. This chapter reviews the social foundations of illiberalism.

Neoliberal Capitalism and Visegrád Countermovements: introduction

gaborscheiring

Nov 8, 20211 min read

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Neoliberal Capitalism and Visegrád Countermovements: introduction

This special issue analyzes the lived experience of postsocialist economic change and its relation to populism.

Varieties of Dependency, Varieties of Populism

gaborscheiring

Sep 22, 20211 min read

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Varieties of Dependency, Varieties of Populism

The rise of populism has cast doubt on the sustainability of the marriage of liberal democracy and neoliberal capitalism.

The Populist Radical Right and Health in Hungary

gaborscheiring

Sep 9, 20211 min read

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The Populist Radical Right and Health in Hungary

How do populists govern health? How are they handling covid19? We answer these questions by analyzing Viktor Orban's Hungary.

The political economy of national-neoliberalism

gaborscheiring

Aug 14, 20212 min read

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The political economy of national-neoliberalism

Analyzing transformations in Romania & Hungary this article shows that neoliberalism is not over, just changing, leading to...

gaborscheiring

Aug 5, 20212 min read

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Populism in Hungary and Poland

Situations of Dependency, Mechanisms of Dependency Governance, and the Rise of Populism in Hungary and Poland Dependency theory is back!...

gaborscheiring

Apr 15, 20212 min read

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Deindustrialization and the Postsocialist Mortality Crisis

Abstract An unprecedented mortality crisis struck Eastern Europe during the transition from socialism to capitalism. Working-class men...

gaborscheiring

Dec 17, 20201 min read

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Left Behind in the Hungarian Rustbelt

The article conceptualises Hungary's neo-nationalist turn as a Polanyian countermovement against globalisation and deindustrialisation.

Privatization and the postsocialist fertility decline

gaborscheiring

Dec 11, 20201 min read

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Privatization and the postsocialist fertility decline

Abstract The ten countries with the fastest shrinking population are all located in Eastern Europe, with low fertility as one of the...

Deindustrialization and deaths of despair

gaborscheiring

Dec 1, 20201 min read

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Deindustrialization and deaths of despair

Deindustrialization and deaths of despair: mapping the impact of industrial decline on ill health A growing literature on deaths of...

Book out: The Retreat of Liberal Democracy

gaborscheiring

Aug 28, 202010 min read

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Book out: The Retreat of Liberal Democracy

Transcending disciplinary boundaries, the book provides a fresh answer to a simple & profound question: why has liberal democracy retreated?

From neoliberal disembedding to authoritarian re-embedding

gaborscheiring

Aug 21, 20201 min read

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From neoliberal disembedding to authoritarian re-embedding

Relying on Polanyi & Gramsci, the article analyses the socio-economic roots of illiberal populism in Hungary.

Orbanomics: A polarising answer to the crisis of liberal dependent capitalism

gaborscheiring

Jun 19, 20201 min read

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Orbanomics: A polarising answer to the crisis of liberal dependent capitalism

This analysis explains the political-economic logic of Orbanomics.