Research

PUBLICATIONS

"After the Party, the After-Parties? The Effect of Communist Successor Parties on Economic Reform in Central and Eastern Europe," forthcoming in Europe-Asia Studies

"Von der Avantgarde zu den Verlierern der Transformation: Gewerkschaften im Prozess der Restrukturierung der Stahlindustrie in Mittel- und Osteuropa," ["From Vanguard to Losers of Transformation: Unions and Restructuring of the Steel Industry in Central and Eastern Europe"] (with Vera Trappmann), Industrielle Beziehungen (German Journal of Industrial Relations), Vol. 17, No.2 (2010), p. 170-191 PDF

"Between Apprehension and Support: Social Dialogue, Democracy, and Industrial Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe," Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 45, No. 1 (2010), p. 30-56 PDF

"The State-Led Transition to Liberal Capitalism: Neoclassical, Organizational, World Systems, and Social Structural Explanations of Poland's Economic Success" (with Lawrence P. King), American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 112, No. 3 (2006), pp. 751-801 LINK

"Effects of EU Accession on the Politics of Privatization – The Steel Sector in Comparative Perspective," in Amelie Kutter and Vera Trappmann (eds.), Das Erbe des Beitritts. Mittel- und osteuropäische Gesellschaften nach dem Beitritt zur EU, [The Legacy of EU Accession – Central and Eastern European Societies after EU Accession], Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2006, pp. 209-231  PDF

Book review of Grigore Pop-Eleches, From Economic Crisis to Reform: IMF Programs in Latin America and Eastern Europe, Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009; Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 42, No. 10 (2009), p. 1363-2366 LINK

"From Behemoths to Subsidiaries: The Politics of Steel Sector Restructuring and Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe," Economic Sociology – the European Electronic Newsletter, Vol. 8, No.3 (2007), pp. 57-58  PDF

WORK IN PROGRESS

Book Manuscript

From Behemoths to Subsidiaries: The Rise of Transnational Capitalism in East Central Europe’s Heavy Industry (tentative title), in preparation

Paper Manuscripts

"State Infrastructural Power, External Pressures and Varieties of Convergence on Liberal Capitalism in Postcommunist Europe's Heavy Industry," in preparation for publication

"Labor Union Regeneration in Central and Eastern Europe: Overcoming Postcommunist Weakness through External Pressures?" (with Vera Trappmann), in preparation for publication

"Testing Dependent Capitalism in Central and Eastern Europe: Economic Crisis and Convergence?" in preparation for publication

WORKING PAPERS

"Masters and Commanders: The Politics of Managerial Non-Cooperation in Heavy Industry Restructuring in Central and Eastern Europe"

"Still Restructuring? The Politics of the Steel Sector Restructuring in Poland and the Effects of EU Accession" PDF