Mitchell Orenstein

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Title
Professor of Political Science
Department
Political Science
Institution
Northeastern University

Education

  • Ph.D., 1996, Political Science Yale University

Research Interests

Eastern Europe   Public Policy, Public Policies   International Political Economy  

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Biography

Professor Mitchell A. Orenstein is a scholar of international politics focusing on the political economy and international affairs of Central and Eastern Europe. His research lies at the intersection of comparative politics, international political economy, and global public policy, employing a problem-driven research approach based on asking big, policy-relevant questions and answering them through carefully designed, in-depth field research. Prior to joining Northeastern University as the chair of the Department of Political Science, Professor Orenstein was a faculty member in European Politics at Johns Hopkins University from 2007-2012 and a and senior fellow of the Center for European Policy Analysis in Washington, DC. Orenstein also has held appointments at Harvard, Yale, Brown, Syracuse, and Moscow State Universities. Orenstein's research has been recognized with fellowships from the MacArthur Foundation, American Council of Learned Societies, and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He has consulted for the World Bank, USAID, the government of Slovakia, and other organizations. Professor Orenstein has lived for several years in Europe - in Britain, France, Czech Republic, Poland, and Russia. His hobbies include travel, piano, and coaching baseball. He is married with three children.

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Research
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List of Publications (110)
In 2016
110

Why did Neoliberalism Triumph and Endure in the Post-Communist World?. H Appel, MA Orenstein Comparative Politics 48 (3), 313-331, 2016.

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109

Yoshiko M. Herrera and Nicole M. Butkovich Kraus, Pride Versus Prejudice: Ethnicity, National Identity, and Xenophobia in Russia. H Appel, MA Orenstein, WDN Triumph Comparative Politics, 2016.

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108

Europes Autocracy Problem. Polish Democracys Final Days?. DR Kelemen, MA Orenstein Foreign Affairs 7, 2016, 2016.

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In 2015
107

Geopolitics of a Divided Europe. MA Orenstein East European Politics & Societies 29 (2), 531-540, 2015.

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In 2014
106

Pensions: Who Is Learning from Whom?. MA Orenstein Lessons from Europe?: What Americans Can Learn from European Public Policies, 59, 2014.

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105

eight. MA Orenstein, B Deacon Understanding Global Social Policy, 187, 2014.

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104

The Triumph of Neoliberalism in Eastern Europe: Competitive Signaling and Policy Interdependency. M Orenstein 21st International Conference of Europeanists, 2014.

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103

A Russian spy in Brussels. MA Orenstein, P Krek Foreign Affairs 29, 2014.

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102

Get Ready for a Russo-German Europe. MA Orenstein Foreign Affairs 9, 2014.

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101

Six markets to watch: Poland. MA Orenstein Foreign Affairs [referenced December 10 2014]. Available at http://www ..., 2014.

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100

From Tragedy to Triumph. MA Orenstein Foreign Aff. 93, 23, 2014.

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99

Putin's Western Allies. MA Orenstein Foreign Affairs 25, 2014.

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In 2013
98

Pension Privatization: The Transnational Campaign. MA Orenstein Globalizing Social Rights, 280-292, 2013.

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97

European funded pensions and their governance in times of uncertainty. B Ebbinghaus, MA Orenstein, N Whiteside Global Social Policy, 2013.

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96

1 3 Reassessing the neo-liberal development model in Central and. MA ORENSTEIN Resilient Liberalism in Europe's Political Economy, 374, 2013.

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95

Ideas versus resources explaining the flat tax and pension privatization revolutions in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. H Appel, MA Orenstein Comparative Political Studies 46 (2), 123-152, 2013.

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94

International organizations as policy actors: An ideational approach. D Bland, MA Orenstein Global Social Policy 13 (2), 125-143, 2013.

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93

Pension privatization: evolution of a paradigm. MA Orenstein Governance 26 (2), 259-281, 2013.

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In 2012
92

Vitali Silit Ski (1972-2011). A Kuchins, C Welt, M Orenstein, L Way, R Potocki Journal of Democracy 23 (1), 188-189, 2012.

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91

Patronage or Policy Stability in East European Welfare States. MA Orenstein, I Guardiancich APSA 2012 Annual Meeting Paper, 2012.

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90

The Varieties of Pension Governance: Pension Privatization in Europe. MA Orenstein West European Politics 35 (5), 1213-1214, 2012.

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89

Governing pension fund capitalism in times of uncertainty. B Ebbinghaus, MA Orenstein, N Whiteside Global Social Policy 12 (3), 241-5, 2012.

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88

Post-Soviet Authoritarianism: The Influence of Russia in Its" Near Abroad". DR Cameron, MA Orenstein Post-Soviet Affairs 28 (1), 1-44, 2012.

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In 2011
87

Post-Soviet Authoritarianism: The Impact of International Actors and Alliances. DR Cameron, MA Orenstein APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper, 2011.

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86

La privatisation des retraites en crise: disparition ou renaissance d'une tendance mondiale?. MA Orenstein Revue internationale de scurit sociale 64 (3), 75-93, 2011.

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85

La crisis de la privatizacin de las pensiones: desaparicin o resurgimiento de una tendencia poltica global?. MA Orenstein Revista Internacional de Seguridad Social 64 (3), 73-90, 2011.

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84

Three Models of Contemporary Capitalism. MA Orenstein New Ideas on Development After the Financial Crisis, 29-50, 2011.

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83

A stable state? Political cycles and stability in the implementation of radical pension reforms in Central and Eastern Europe. I Guardiancich, MA Orenstein Unpublished manuscript, 2011.

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82

Rentenprivatisierung in der Krise: Tod oder Wiedergeburt eines globalen strategischen Trends?. MA Orenstein Internationale Revue fr Soziale Sicherheit 64 (3), 71-88, 2011.

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81

Post-Soviet Authoritarianism: The Impact of International Actors, Linkages and Alliances. DR Cameron, MA Ornstein APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Working Paper, 2011.

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80

Pension privatization in crisis: Death or rebirth of a global policy trend?. MA Orenstein International Social Security Review 64 (3), 65-80, 2011.

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In 2010
79

Mitchell A. Orenstein, Stephen Bloom, and Nicole Lindstrom (eds.): Transnational Actors in Central and East European Transitions. U Korkut Sociologick asopis/Czech Sociological Review 46 (03), 486-488, 2010.

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78

Transnational Actors in Central and East European Transitions. P O'Neil, MA Orenstein, S Bloom, N Lindstrom Slavic Review 69 (1), 226-227, 2010.

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77

Book Review: Mitchell A. Orenstein Privatizing Pensions: The Transnational Campaign for Social Security Reform Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2008, 216 pp. JA Hansen Acta Sociologica 53 (3), 289-290, 2010.

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76

Transnational Actors in Central and East European Transitions. Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies. P Simmons, MA Orenstein, S Bloom, N Lindstrom The Slavonic and East European Review 88 (4), 789-790, 2010.

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75

Russia's Influence on Democratization in Post-Communist Europe and Eurasia. DR Cameron, MA Orenstein APSA 2010 Annual Meeting Paper, 2010.

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74

The political economy of financial crisis in Central and Eastern Europe: Poland and Hungary compared. MA Orenstein Unpublished paper. Available at: www. gwu. edu/~ ieresgwu/assets/docs ..., 2010.

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73

Transnational actors and public policy. D Bland, MA Orenstein Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, 2010.

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72

Privatizing Pensions. MA Orenstein Princeton University Press, 2010.

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In 2009
71

How Do Transnational Policy Actors Matter?. D Bland, M Orenstein Annual Meeting of the Research Committee 19, 2009.

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70

Transnational actors in central and east European pension reforms. MA Orenstein Post-Communist Welfare Pathways, 129-147, 2009.

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69

Pensions, social security, and the privatization of risk. Columbia University Press, 2009.

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68

What happened in East European (Political) economies? a balance sheet for neoliberal reform. MA Orenstein East European Politics & Societies 23 (4), 479-490, 2009.

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67

Balance crtico de la estrategia para la reduccin a la pobreza. P Cedeo, R Aguilar, D Ringold, MA Orenstein, E Wilkens, ... Divulgacin Econmica (UCR)., 2009.

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66

Mitchell A. Orenstein, Privatizing Pensions: The Transnational Campaign for Social Security Reform, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 2008, 232 pp., pbk 13.50, ISBN 13: 978 0 691 13697 4. R Minns Ageing and Society 29 (04), 666-667, 2009.

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65

Democratic Republic of the Congo. HLC Agnew, M Orenstein Religion and the State: An International Analysis of Roles and Relationships ..., 2009.

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64

Electoral Revolutions: Hopes and Disappointments. K Kalandadze, MA Orenstein Message from the Chair of the Council for European Studies 42 (11), 22, 2009.

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63

Rebuilding Leviathan: Party Competition and State Exploitation in Post-Communist Democracies. M Orenstein, A Grzymala-Busse Slavic Review 68 (4), 970-971, 2009.

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62

Electoral protests and democratization: Beyond the color revolutions. K Kalandadze, MA Orenstein Comparative Political Studies, 2009.

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In 2008
61

A fourth dimension of transition. MA Orenstein, S Bloom, N Lindstrom na, 2008.

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60

Transnational actors in Central and East European transitions. University of Pittsburgh Pre, 2008.

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59

Postcommunist welfare states. MA Orenstein Journal of Democracy 19 (4), 80-94, 2008.

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58

Out-liberalizing the EU: pension privatization in Central and Eastern Europe. MA Orenstein Journal of European Public Policy 15 (6), 899-917, 2008.

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57

Privatizing pensions: The transnational campaign for social security reform. MA Orenstein Princeton University Press, 2008.

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In 2007
56

THE NEW PENSION REFORM AS GLOBAL POLICY. M Orenstein EAST WEST REVIEW OF LABOR LAW AND SOCIAL POLICY 12 (1), 33, 2007.

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55

Building a Trustworthy State in Post-Socialist Transition. M Orenstein, J Kornai, S Rose-Ackerman Slavic Review 66 (2), 325-326, 2007.

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In 2006
54

A New Capitalist Order: Privatization and Ideology in Russia and Eastern Europe. M Orenstein Perspectives on Politics 4 (01), 202-203, 2006.

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53

From elections to democracy: Building accountable government in Hungary and Poland. M Orenstein GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND ..., 2006.

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52

Roma in an Expanding Europe: Breaking the Poverty Cycle. M Tzintzarova, D Ringold, MA Orenstein, E Wilkens Europe-Asia Studies 58 (4), 639-640, 2006.

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51

The new transnationalism and comparative politics. MA Orenstein, HP Schmitz Comparative politics, 479-500, 2006.

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In 2005
50

The New Pension Reforms: Lessons for Post-Soviet Republics. MA Orenstein Fighting Poverty and Reforming Social Security: What Can Post-Soviet States ..., 2005.

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49

breaking the poverty cycle. Roma in an expanding Europe. D Ringold, MA Orenstein, E Wilkens Washington, DC, 2005.

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48

Book Review: The Enlargement of the European Union and NATO: Ordering From the Menu in Central Europe. MA Orenstein Comparative Political Studies 38 (7), 875-878, 2005.

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47

Globalization and the future of welfare states in post-communist east-central European countries. MA Orenstein, MR Haas Globalization and the Future of the Welfare State, 130-152, 2005.

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46

The new pension reform as global policy. MA Orenstein Global Social Policy 5 (2), 175-202, 2005.

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45

Roma in an expanding Europe: breaking the poverty cycle. D Ringold, MA Orenstein, E Wilkens World Bank Publications, 2005.

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In 2004
44

Embedded Politics Industrial Networks and Institutional Change in Postcommunism. M Orenstein Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 33 (2), 218-219, 2004.

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In 2003
43

Roma in an expanding Europe: Breaking the poverty cycle. MA Orenstein, D Ringold, E Wilkens World Bank, Washington DC, 2003.

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42

Migration in an Expanding Europe: EU Enlargement and the Roma Case. E Wilkens, M Orenstein Maxwell School, 2003.

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41

Inventing the Needy: Gender and the Politics of Welfare in Hungary. M Orenstein, L Haney Perspectives on Politics 1 (4), 811-812, 2003.

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40

Pension reform in Europe: process and progress. World Bank Publications, 2003.

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7 Mapping the Diffusion of Pension Innovation. MA Orenstein .

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In 2002
38

Mitchell A. Orenstein Out of the Red: Building Capitalism and Democracy in Postcommunist Europe. T Haughton EUROPE ASIA STUDIES 54 (4), 642-643, 2002.

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37

DEPARTMENTS-BOOK REVIEWS-Out of the Red: Building Capitalism and Democracy in Postcommunist Europe. MA Orenstein Finance and Development-English Edition 39 (1), 54-54, 2002.

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Out of the Red. Building Capitalism and Democracy in the Postcommunist Europe. ZR Nepor, MA Orenstein Sociologick asopis/Czech Sociological Review 38 (6), 837-840, 2002.

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35

Globalization and the Development of Welfare States in Post Communist Europe. MA Orenstein, MR Haas Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 2, 11-46, 2002.

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In 2001
34

The Globalization of Industry and Innovation in Eastern Europe. From Post-Socialist Restructuring to International Competitiveness: Ch. von Hirschhausen, J. Bitzer (Eds.); Cheltenham, UK and Edward Elgar, Northampton, MA, USA, 2000, xii+ 340 pp, 65, index. W Andreff Economic Systems 25 (1), 81-83, 2001.

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Central and East European Labor Market Institutions in Comparative Perspective. MA Orenstein, E Wilkens delivery at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science ..., 2001.

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32

Pensioners' Court Campaign: Making Law Matter in Russia, The. IG Cashu, MA Orenstein E. Eur. Const. Rev. 10, 67, 2001.

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The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Central-Eastern Europe: Mller, K., Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA, 1999, xiv+ 222 pp., index, 49.95. MA Orenstein Economic Systems 25 (1), 79-81, 2001.

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Corporatist renaissance in post-communist Central Europe. MA Orenstein, LE Hale The politics of labor in a global age: Continuity and change in late ..., 2001.

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Book Review: Transnational Social Policies: The New Development Challenges of Globalization. MA Orenstein, JMG Basic, I Dogan, RM Kalfon, P Seymour Global Social Policy 1 (1), 113-114, 2001.

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Out of the Red. M Orenstein Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2001.

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Out of the Red: Building Capitalism and Democracy in Postcommunist Europe. R Legvold, MA Orenstein Foreign Affairs 80 (6), 188-188, 2001.

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Out of the red: Building capitalism and democracy in postcommunist Europe. MA Orenstein University of Michigan Press, 2001.

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In 2000
25

Controversial Conclusions. MA Orenstein International Studies Review 2 (1), 154-155, 2000.

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How politics and institutions affect pension reform in three postcommunist countries. MA Orenstein World Bank Publications, 2000.

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In 1999
23

Method and Purpose of Study. LJ COOK, MA ORENSTEIN, M RUESCHEMEYER Left Parties and Social Policy in Post-Communist Europe, 235, 1999.

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The return of the Left and its impact on the welfare state in Russia, Poland, and Hungary. LJ Cook, MA Orenstein Left Parties and Social Policy in Post-Communist Europe, 47-108, 1999.

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Left parties and social policy in postcommunist Europe. M Rueschemeyer, L Cook, M Orenstein .

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In 1998
20

Lawlessness from above and below: Economic radicalism and political institutions. M Orenstein SAIS Review 18 (1), 35-50, 1998.

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A genealogy of communist successor parties in East-Central Europe and the determinants of their success. M Orenstein East European Politics & Societies 12 (3), 472-499, 1998.

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In 1997
18

State power and interest group formation: the business lobby in the Czech Republic. M Orenstein, RM Desai Problems of Post-Communism 44 (6), 43-52, 1997.

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Les Causes conomiques de la fin de l'Empire Sovitique. M Orenstein, F Seurot Slavic Review 56 (1), 155-156, 1997.

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In 1996
16

Dileme izgradnje demokratske drave u Slovakoj. J Stein, M Orenstein Politika misao 33 (2-3), 121-151, 1996.

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Out of the red: building capitalism and democracy in post-communist Europe. MA Orenstein UMI Dissertation Information Service, 1996.

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DILEMMAS OF DEMOCRATIC STATE-BUILDING IN SLOVAKIA. J Stein, M Orenstein Politika misao 33 (2-3), 121-151, 1996.

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The failures of neo-liberal social policy in Central Europe. M Orenstein Transition 2 (13), 16-20, 1996.

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In 1995
12

Transitional social policy in the Czech Republic and Poland. M Orenstein Czech Sociological Review, 179-196, 1995.

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In 1994
11

The political success of neo-liberalism in the Czech Republic. M Orenstein CERGE-EI Working Paper Series, 1994.

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The Czech Tripartite Council and its contribution to social peace. M Orenstein Preprint, 1994.

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The privatised sector in the Czech Republic: government and bank control in a transitional economy. K Brom, M Orenstein EuropeAsia Studies 46 (6), 893-928, 1994.

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Quality of Democratic Policy Processes. MA Orenstein .

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Acknowledgement of Referees. S Appleton, I Arriagada, R Baru, P Bevan, M Beyeler, B Darimont, ... .

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Democracy in a Divided Europe. MA Orenstein .

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A retrospective. M Orenstein .

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International impacts on welfare state change: Theories and methods in the study of social policy diffusion. J Drahokoupil, K Kuitto, MA Orenstein .

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does not make the book less interesting, es-pecially in light of the sustained influence of Baby Boomers on US higher education. MA Orenstein, S Bloom, N Lindstrom .

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Editorial Assistant Indraneel Sircar, Queen Mary University of London, UK Editorial Board Sarah Birch, University of Glasgow, UK Laszlo Bruszt, European University Institute (EUI), Italy. A Buzogany, N Caspersen, O Csar, S Cummings, S Gherghina, ... .

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Editorial Assistant Indraneel Sircar, University of Essex, UK Editorial Board Sarah Birch, University of Essex, UK Lszlo Bruszt, European University Institute (EUI), Italy. N Caspersen, O Csar, S Cummings, A Grzymala-Busse, T Haughton, ... .

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