Despite a growing number of studies featuring “informality” in their title, including many from
the post-socialist region, little has been done to reach a consensus on what informality …

A profusion of recent research has focused on historical legacies as key to understanding
contemporary outcomes. We review this body of research, analyzing both the comparative …

This book argues that-in terms of institutional design, the allocation of power and privilege,
and the lived experiences of citizens-democracy often does not restart the political game …

It has long been assumed that the historical legacy of Soviet Communism would have an
important effect on post-communist states. However, prior research has focused primarily on …

Does political violence leave a lasting legacy on identities, attitudes, and behaviors? We
argue that violence shapes the identities of victims and that families transmit these effects …

This essay discusses the lessons of thirty years of postcommunist politics for our
understanding of the relationship between civil society and regime change. It identifies four …

Where Did the Revolution Go? considers the apparent disappearance of the large social
movements that have contributed to democratization. Revived by recent events of the Arab …

Amidst a global wave of democratic regression, civil society has often been the last line of
defence against campaigns to undermine liberal rights and freedoms. In many cases …

This article develops a change-point model of democratic consolidation that conceives of
consolidation as a latent quality to be inferred rather than measured directly. Consolidation …

This is the first comprehensive overview of the waves of protest mobilization that spread
across Europe in the wake of the Great Recession. Documenting the extent of these protests …