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This document contains curated lists of articles published in Communist and Post-Communist Studies over the last ten years (2015-2025), categorized by region and by thematic area. Please note that all lists are presented in reverse chronological order (i.e., most recent articles are listed first). These lists are not exhaustive and will be updated periodically.

Contents

Balkans 3

Caucasus 4

Central Asia 5

Central & Eastern Europe 6

China 8

East & Southeast Asia 10

Russia 11

Ukraine 14

Russia-Ukraine War 16

Authoritarianism, autocracy & autocratization 17

Citizenship and migration 19

Clientelism, corruption, rent-seeking, state capture 20

Constitutions, courts, law & police 21

Contentious politics, social movements, and protest 22

Education 24

Elections, parties & voting 25

Far right and populism 26

Foreign policy, geopolitics, and international relations 27

Gender and sexuality 29

Ideology 30

Identity, ethnicity, and nationalism 30

Media, disinformation, and propaganda 31

Memory politics 32

Political economy 34

Post-communism & legacies of communism 36

Special issues

Political Succession and Legitimation in Post-Soviet Eurasia. 2024. Guest Editor: Sofya du Boulay. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/57/4)

Under Communism’s Shadow: The Memory of the Violent Past in Present-Day Russia. 2024. Guest Editors: Matthew Blackburn and Ekaterina V. Klimenko. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/57/3)

Eurasian Continuities: Historical Legacies in the Post-Communist World—Ideologies, Practices, or Social Constructions? 2024. Guest Editors: Alexander Libman and Anastassia Obydenkova (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/57/1)

Protest and Authoritarian Reaction in Belarus. 2023. Guest Editors: Nelly Bekus and Mischa Gabowitsch. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/56/3)

Political Participation in Post-Communist Europe During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 2023. Guest editors: Sergiu Gherghina, Joakim Ekman, and Olena Podolian. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/56/4)

Authoritarian Resilience of Communist Regimes in Asia: Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and China. 2022. Guest editor: Tuong Vu. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/55/4)

Class Dynamics from Socialism to Post-Socialism. 2022. Guest editors: Karin Doolan and Dražen Cepić. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/55/2)

Hong Kong Protests. 2020. Guest editors: James Tong and Ming Sing. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/53/4)

Politics in China. 2020. Guest editor: James Tong. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/53/4)

NATO, Russia, and regional security in Europe and Eurasia. 2018. Guest editor: Andrei Tsygankov. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/51/2)

Legal Change in Post-Communist States: Contradictions and Explanations. 2018. Guest editors: Peter H. Solomon, Jr. and Kaja Gadowska. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/51/3)

The transformations of Far Right and Far Left in Europe. 2016. Guest editor: Marlene Laruelle. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/49/4)

Citizen Participation in Post-Communist Region after the EU Enlargement. 2016. Guest editors: Timofey Agarin and Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/49/3)

Between Nationalism, Authoritarianism, and Fascism in Russia: Exploring Vladimir Putin’s Regime. 2016. Guest editor: Taras Kuzio. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/49/1)

The Ukrainian Radical Right in Past and Present: Studies in Ideology, Memory and Politics. 2015. Guest editors: Andreas Umland and Oleksandr Zaitsev. (https://online.ucpress.edu/cpcs/issue/48/2-3)

Balkans

Schiffbeck, Adrian, and Adrian Basaraba. 2025. “The Role of Political Communication in Protest Mobilization: A Case Study on the 1989 Anti-Communist Revolution in Timişoara.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (1): 100–122. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2271188.

Savić-Bojanić, Maja. 2023. “Standby Youth”?: Informal Youth Political Participation in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (4): 100–120. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1976481

Cepić, Dražen, Karin Doolan, and Danijela Dolenec. 2022. “Class Analysis as Systemic Critique: A Historical Case Study.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (2): 104–19. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2022.55.2.104.

Deets, Stephen. 2022. “Understanding Weak Local Governance in the Neoliberal City through the Case of Skopje 2014.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (3): 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1544873.

Dević, Ana. 2022. “Class, Conflict, and Power between Hegemony and Critical Knowledge: A Journey through the Debates in Socialist Yugoslavia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (2): 11–38. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2022.55.2.11.

Trošt, Tamara, and Denis Marinšek. 2022. “Social Class and Ethnocentric Worldviews: Assessing the Effect of Socioeconomic Status on Attitudes in Serbia and Croatia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (2): 39–61. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2022.55.2.39.

Vučković Juroš, Tanja. 2022. “‘I Have Always Thought That, If I Am Poor, I’m Also Supposed to Study Poorly’: Habitus, Emotions, and The Educational Trajectories of Disadvantaged Youth.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (2): 62–83. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2022.55.2.62.

Glaurdić, Josip, Christophe Lesschaeve, and Michal Mochtak. 2021. “Coronavirus Pandemic Response and Voter Choice: Evidence from Serbia and Croatia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (4): 197–214. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.197.

Leustean, Lucian N. 2021. “Orthodox Conservatism and the Refugee Crisis in Bulgaria and Moldova.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (1–2): 83–101. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.1-2.83.

Mlačnik, Primož, and Peter Stanković. 2020. “The Disappearance of Political Jokes in Post-Socialist Slovenia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (3): 172–88. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.3.172.

Panov, Trajche, and Dane Taleski. 2020. “The Shades of Communism: The Basis of Political Divisions in the Republic of Macedonia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (3): 22–42. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.3.22.

Schoenman, Roger. 2020. “Old Wine in New Bottles? New Parties and Policy Responses to the Great Financial Crisis in the Balkans.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (1): 55–79. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.1.55.

Pavlović, Dušan. 2019. “Prospect Theory and Presidential Elections: Two Cases from Yugoslavia and Serbia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (1): 11–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.01.002.

Price, Lada Trifonova. 2019. “Media Corruption and Issues of Journalistic and Institutional Integrity in Post-Communist Countries: The Case of Bulgaria.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (1): 71–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.02.005.

Tarditi, Valeria, and Davide Vittori. 2019. “What Are We Gonna Be When We Grow up? SYRIZA’s Institutionalisation and Its New ‘Governing Party’ Role.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (1): 25–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.02.004.

Bešić, Miloš, and Dušan Spasojević. 2018. “Montenegro, NATO and the Divided Society.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (2): 139–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.04.006.

Lončar, Jelena. 2016. “State-Building and Local Resistance in Kosovo: Minority Exclusion through Inclusive Legislation.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (3): 279–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.004.

Caucasus

Boulay, Sofya du. 2024. “Immersion and Distancing: Post-Charismatic Succession in Modern Autocracies.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (4): 79–105. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2219926.

Ivanov, Denis, and Anton Aisin. 2024. “Market under the Radar: Soviet Shadow Economy and Post-Soviet Preferences in Georgia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (1): 74–100. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1997909.

Ohanyan, Anna, and Nerses Kopalyan. 2022. “How to Train Your Dragon: Armenia’s Velvet Revolution in an Authoritarian Orbit.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (1): 24–51. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2022.55.1.24.

Minesashvili, Salome. 2021. “Europe in Georgia’s Identity Discourse: Contestation and the Impact of External Developments.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (1–2): 128–55. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.1-2.128.

Ishiyama, John, Lia Mezvrishvili, and Nina Zhgenti. 2018. “An Oasis of Democracy in an Authoritarian Sea? Civil Society, Social, and Institutional Trust in Georgia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (1): 19–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.01.005.

Rommens, Thijs. 2017. “The Eastern Partnership in Georgia: Europeanizing Civil Society?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (2): 113–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.05.001.

Tsuladze, Lia. 2017. “On Europeanisation, National Sentiments and Confused Identities in Georgia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (2): 125–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.05.003.

Yan, Huang-Ting. 2017. “Comparing Democratic Performance of Semi-Presidential Regimes in the Post-Communist Region: Omnipotent Presidents and Media Control.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (4): 263–75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.09.003.

Valiyev, Anar, Azer Babayev, Hajar Huseynova, and Khalida Jafarova. 2017. “Do Citizens of the Former Soviet Union Trust State Institutions and Why: The Case of Azerbaijan.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (3): 221–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.08.002.

Gugushvili, Dimitri. 2016. “Lessons from Georgia’s Neoliberal Experiment: A Rising Tide Does Not Necessarily Lift All Boats.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (1): 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.11.001.

Central Asia

Otrachshenko, Vladimir, Sana Iliyas, and Nargiza Alimukhamedova. 2024. “Informal Network as a Coping Strategy in the Climate–Livestock Relationship.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (1): 101–29. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2091084.

Silvan, Kristiina. 2024. “Three Levels of Authoritarian Legitimacy: Successor Designation and Peaceful to Non-Peaceful Leadership Transition in Kazakhstan.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (4): 56–78. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.1996171.

Sobirov, Elmurod, and Rustamjon Urinboyev. 2024. “Debt-Based Trade, Social Norms, and Informality in Uzbekistan: Case Study of Rassiychilar in Rural Fergana.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (2): 49–68. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2017417.

Zenz, Adrian. 2023. “Coercive Labor in the Cotton Harvest in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and Uzbekistan: A Comparative Analysis of State-Sponsored Forced Labor.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (2): 1–32. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1822939.

Turlubekova, Zhaniya. 2022. “Pushed against the Wall: The Fight against Drug-Related Corruption in Kazakhstan.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (3): 119–39. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1703993.

Ruget, Vanessa, and Burul Usmanalieva. 2021. “Migration and Soft Power: How Kyrgyz Labor Migrants View Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (4): 98–116. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.98.

Spankulova, Lazat, Marat Karatayev, and Michèle L. Clarke. 2020. “Trends in Socioeconomic Health Inequalities in Kazakhstan: National Household Surveys Analysis.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (2): 177–90. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.2.177.

Somzhurek, B.Zh, A.M. Yessengaliyeva, Zh.M. Medeubayeva, and B.K. Makangali. 2018. “Central Asia and Regional Security.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (2): 161–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.04.005.

Öge, Kerem. 2017. “Elite Preferences and Transparency Promotion in Kazakhstan.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (2): 135–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.05.006.

Vanderhill, Rachel. 2017. “Active Resistance to Democratic Diffusion.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (1): 41–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.01.003.

Axyonova, Vera, and Fabienne Bossuyt. 2016. “Mapping the Substance of the EU’s Civil Society Support in Central Asia: From Neo-Liberal to State-Led Civil Society.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (3): 207–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.005.

Dadabaev, Timur. 2016. “Evaluations of Perestroika in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Public Views in Contemporary Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (2): 179–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.03.001.

Roberts, Sean P. 2015. “Converging Party Systems in Russia and Central Asia: A Case of Authoritarian Norm Diffusion?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (2–3): 147–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.06.004.

Central & Eastern Europe

Pospieszna, Paulina, and Patrice C. McMahon. 2025. “Forging Democracy in the Flames: Strategies of Polish NGOs during the Full-Scale War in Ukraine.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (2): 103–26. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2122433.

Pucek, Kaspar. 2025. “Self-Governing Factory: The Solidarity Revolution at the Enterprise Level and the Origins of Poland’s Market Reforms, 1980–81.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (2): 150–73. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2325981.

Kasearu, Kairi, Eleri Lillemäe, and Eyal Ben-Ari. 2024. “How Does a Military Create a Tradition in a New Democracy?: Ritual Density, Commodification, and Politics in the Estonian Defence Forces.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (2): 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.2003078.

Kratz, Fabian. 2024. “Socialism and the Modernization Hypothesis: Changes in Attitudes toward Immigration across Birth Cohorts by Type of Welfare State.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (1): 19–44. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2046013.

Maškarinec, Pavel, and Lukáš Novotný. 2024. “In the Name of ‘Freedom’ and ‘Democracy’: Causes of Voting for the Radical Right in the Czech Republic.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (4): 168–93. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2112127.

Pleines, Heiko, Charlotta Cordes, Mareike zum Felde, Ekaterina Paustyan, Michael Rochlitz, and Esther Somfalvy. 2024. “Assessing Socialist Past and Sociodemographic Present: The Composition of Political Elites in Central and Eastern Europe from 1990 to 2020.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (4): 194–207. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2315829.

Poretskova, Anastasia, Anastasiia Ptichkina, Dina Rosenberg, and Eugenia Tarnikova. 2024. “The Long Shadow Cast by Communism over Women’s Political Representation: Evidence from Post-Communist Countries.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (4): 106–37. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2017168.

Rudnik, Alesia. 2024. “Co-Option of Technology: Digital Repression and Legitimation Strategies of the Belarusian Regime.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (4): 28–55. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2125064.

Gherghina, Sergiu, Joakim Ekman, and Olena Podolian. 2023. "Introduction to the Special Issue on Political Participation in Post-Communist Europe during the COVID-19 Pandemic." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (4): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.2106175

Kaminskas, Dominykas. 2023. “We Will Die as Free People”: The Fantasmatic Logics of Discourse against Stricter Measures of Pandemic Control in Lithuania." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (4): 11–30. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.2010914

Matthews, S. Austin. 2023. "The Politburos of Communist Eastern Europe: Introducing New Individual-Level Data on Candidate and Full Members." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (2): 159–176. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1892358

Pietrzyk-Reeves, Dorota, and Aleksandra Samonek. 2023. “Measuring Civil Society: Lessons from Central and Eastern Europe.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (1): 152–65. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1787801.

Voda, Petr, and Petra Vodová. 2023. "The Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic Perceptions on Voter Turnout in the Czech Republic." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (4): 51–80. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1986333

Daniel, Ondřej. 2022. “Songs for Ordinary People: Popular Music and Class in Post-Socialist Czech Society.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (2): 84–103. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2022.55.2.84.

Smoczyński, Rafał, and Tomasz Zarycki. 2021. “The Extended Family: Descendants of Nobility in Post-Communist Poland.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (4): 157–75. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.157.

Bartasevičius, Vainius. 2021. “Explaining Access to Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (3): 27–50. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.3.27.

Raimundo, Filipa, and José Santana-Pereira. 2021. “Do Successor Parties Influence Public Attitudes toward the Past? Evidence from Young Democracies.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (3): 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.3.1.

Kovář, Jan. 2020. “Moving Forward or Turning Back? Slovak Parties and the Future of the EU.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (3): 43–63. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.3.43.

Batta, Anna, and John Ishiyama. 2020. “The Russia Connection: What Explains Level of Support for Russia in Central and Eastern Europe? Testing the Economic Attraction and Ideological Affinity Hypotheses.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (1): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.1.1.

Vlachová, Kláara. 2019. “Lost in Transition, Found in Recession? Satisfaction with Democracy in Central Europe before and after Economic Crises.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (3): 227–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.07.007.

Ramet, Sabrina P., and Vladimir Đorđević. 2019. “The Three Phases of Rock Music in the Czech Lands.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (1): 59–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.02.002.

Şerban, Mihaela. 2018. “Stemming the Tide of Illiberalism? Legal Mobilization and Adversarial Legalism in Central and Eastern Europe.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (3): 177–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.06.001.

Guasti, Petra. 2016. “Development of Citizen Participation in Central and Eastern Europe after the EU Enlargement and Economic Crises.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (3): 219–31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.006.

Guerra, Simona. 2016. “Distrust Unbound: What next after Joining the EU.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (3): 233–41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.007.

Stockemer, Daniel, and Greg Elder. 2015. “Germans 25 Years after Reunification — How Much Do They Know about the German Democratic Republic and What Is Their Value Judgment of the Socialist Regime?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (2–3): 113–22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.06.001.

China

Chen, Xi, and Jing Xu. 2025. “State Coercive Power and the War on Cults in China.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (1): 53–76. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2136353.

Kornreich, Yoel. 2025. “Socialist Retrenchment: Rural Healthcare Policies in China and Vietnam during the 1980s and 1990s.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (1): 152–72. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2120908.

Lu, Jian. 2025. “ICT Use and Entrepreneurial Mobilization of Chinese Grassroots Activists in and beyond Cyberspace: A Case Study of Popular Protest in Qidong.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (2): 127–49. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2314677.

Khmelnitskaya, Marina, and Jo Zhou. 2024. “The Pillars of Power and Policy of Social Policymaking in Authoritarian Regimes: Comparing Housing Policies in China and Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (2): 22–48. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2008418.

Wang, Chia-chou. 2024. “Options Outside Unification through Military Force: The Case of Xi Jinping’s Cross-Strait Integration Policy.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (4): 138–67. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2041628.

Kwong, Ying-ho. 2022. “Political Positioning of Religious Institutions in Comparative Perspective: The Case of Hong Kong.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (1): 60–81. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2022.1705646.

Huang, Qingming. 2022. “Founding Myth, Institutional Adaptation, and Regime Resilience in China.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (4): 105–26. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1712516.

Stroup, David R. 2022. “A Not-So-Simple Noodle Story: Authoritarian Legitimation, Everyday Hui Ethnicity, Migration, and the ‘Lamian Economy’ in Northwest China.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (3): 44–68. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1704681.

Ji, Min, and Hua Pang. 2021. “Survival or Crisis? Funding Distribution from Grant-Making Foundations to Grassroots Social Organizations in China.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (4): 137–56. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.137.

Fong, Brian C. H. 2020. “Practicing Autonomy within a Communist State: Hong Kong’s Autonomy from Handover to Anti-Extradition Bill Movement, 1997–2019.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 68–90. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.68.

Gallo, Ernesto, Zhengxi Wu, and Bruno S. Sergi. 2020. “China’s Power in Its Strategic Energy Partnership with the Eurasian Economic Union.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 200–219. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.200.

Kolodko, Grzegorz W. 2020. “Chinism and the Future of the World.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 260–79. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.260.

Lai, Yan-ho, and Ming Sing. 2020. “Solidarity and Implications of a Leaderless Movement in Hong Kong: Its Strengths and Limitations.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 41–67. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.41.

Lee, Francis L. F., Gary K. Y. Tang, Samson Yuen, and Edmund W. Cheng. 2020. “Five Demands and (Not Quite) Beyond: Claim Making and Ideology in Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Bill Movement.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 22–40. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.22.

Ma, Ngok. 2020. “Parties without Power: Disabled Governance and Disarticulated Participation in Hong Kong.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 118–35. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.118.

Malinowski, Grzegorz M. 2020. “China’s Deng Development Model: Scientific Development or Modern Conservatism?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 280–96. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.280.

Shih, Chih-Yu. 2020. “Friendship in Chinese International Relations: The Confucian Theme of Distance in Practice.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 177–99. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.177.

Sing, Ming. 2020. “Explaining Public Participation in Anti-Authoritarian Protests in Hong Kong.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 2–21. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.2.

Wang, Xiaoguang. 2020. “The ‘Techno-Turn’ of China’s Official Discourse on Nationalism.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 220–39. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.220.

Wong, Stan Hok-Wui, and Nick H. K. Or. 2020. “To Compete or to Cooperate: Intra-Elite Dynamics in an Electoral Autocracy.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 91–117. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.91.

Yu, Lei. 2020. “Contending Chinese Perspectives on China-Russia Military Partnership: A Strategic Guarantee for China’s Rise.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 240–59. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.240.

Yuen, Samson, and Edmund W. Cheng. 2020. “Deepening the State: The Dynamics of China’s United Front Work in Post-Handover Hong Kong.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 136–54. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.136.

Vanderhill, Rachel. 2017. “Active Resistance to Democratic Diffusion.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (1): 41–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.01.003.

East & Southeast Asia

Hosaka, Sanshiro. 2025. “Explaining Support for Russian Narratives about the Events in Ukraine among Japanese Scholars and Intellectuals in 2014–19.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (2): 70–102. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2313826.

Stock, Thomas. 2025. “Polyphonic Peace: The 1989 World Festival of Youth and Students in Pyongyang.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (1): 173–93. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2113390.

Song, Jay, Boyoung Yoon, Sungkyung Kim, and Adam Zulawnik. 2024. “Everyday Bribery in North Korea as Moral Economy.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (2): 92–111. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2012508.

Jung, Suehyun. 2023. “‘Competitive Rent-Seeking’ in the Kim Jong Un Era of North Korea: Comparison with China and Vietnam during the Economic Transition Period in the 1980s.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (2): 33–57. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1824787.

Tung, Nguyen Cong. 2023. “History Repeating Itself: Chineseness in Premodern Vietnam and Its Influence on Contemporary Vietnam’s Policy toward China and Southeast Asia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (2): 58–80. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1811813.

Creak, Simon, and Keith Barney. 2022. “The Role of ‘Resources’ in Regime Durability in Laos: The Political Economy of Statist Market Socialism.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (4): 35–58. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1713051.

Luo, Jing Jing, and Kheang Un. 2022. “Organizational Strength and Authoritarian Durability in Cambodia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (4): 59–82. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1627857.

Nguyen, Thuy. 2022. “Exploiting Ideology and Making Higher Education Serve Vietnam’s Authoritarian Regime.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (4): 83–104. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1819231.

Ward, Peter, Andrei Lankov, and Jiyoung Kim. 2022. “Common-Pool Resource Depletion and Dictatorship: North Korean Coastal Fishing in the Age of Marketization.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (1): 183–204. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2022.55.1.183.

Kim, Taekbin. 2021. “Who Is Purged? Determinants of Elite Purges in North Korea.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (3): 73–96. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.3.73.

DiFilippo, Anthony. 2020. “History, Ideology, and Human Rights: Why the North Korean Nuclear Issue Endures.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (2): 153–76. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.2.153.

Russia

Flikke, Geir. 2025. “The Russian Federal Assembly as a Producer of Legal Restrictions, 2012–2021.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (1): 123–51. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2116688.

Kortukov, Dima, and Julian G. Waller. 2025. “The Foundations of Russian Statehood: The Pentabasis, National History, and Civic Values in Wartime Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (2): 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2271407.

Lassila, Jussi. 2025. “Supporting the War in Ukraine Compared to the Annexation of Crimea in Russia’s Bureaucratic Texts.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (2): 48–69. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2327835.

Solovyeva, Olga, and Ilya Yablokov. 2025. “Putin’s Technological Deluge: Techno-Populism, Anti-Westernism, and the Strive for Global Leadership.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (2): 28–47. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2308299.

Blackburn, Matthew, and Daria Khlevniuk. 2024. “Escaping the Long Shadow of Homo Sovieticus: Reassessing Stalin’s Popularity and Communist Legacies in Post-Soviet Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (1): 154–73. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1817401.

Gel′man, Vladimir, and Anastassia Obydenkova. 2024. “The Invention of Legacy: Strategic Uses of a ‘Good Soviet Union’ in Elite Policy Preferences and Filmmaking in Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (1): 130–53. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1984663.

Hendley, Kathryn. 2024. “A Bottom-Up Analysis of Societal Belief in Judicial Independence in Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (2): 69–91. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.2004410.

Klimenko, Ekaterina V. 2024. “Martyrological in Form, Military-Patriotic in Content: The Russian Orthodox Church and the Memory of the Great Patriotic War.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (3): 125–46. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2108685.

Kravtsova, Alena, and Gavin Slade. 2024. “A Sense of Stalinism: Emotion, Authenticity, and Memory in Visitor Experiences of Gulag Museums in Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (3): 104–24. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2134873.

Malinova, Olga. 2024. “Soviet Memories as Part of Regional Repertoires of Usable Past in Contemporary Russia: An Analysis of Expert Interviews.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (3): 16–40. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2109425.

Miller, Alexey, and Alexander Kamentsev. 2024. “The Cossacks of Southern Russia in 21st-Century Memory Politics.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (3): 41–58. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2014678.

Molotov, Kirill, and Daria Khlevniuk. 2024. “‘Five Unknown Facts About…’: How Stalin Is Represented on Russian-Language TikTok.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (3): 81–103. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2305308.

Spirin, Artem. 2024. “War Memories, Monumental Activism, and Regional Identity in the Arctic Borderland: Monumental Memory Politics of the Great Patriotic War and Mnemonic Actors in the Post-Soviet Murmansk Region.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (3): 59–80. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2119031.

Tromly, Benjamin. 2024. “Studying the Great Patriotic War in the Shadow of the Current Crisis.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (3): 147–58. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2097096.

Vasilyeva, Olga, and Alexander Libman. 2024. “Communist Legacy, Anti-Elite Sentiments, and Modernization Theory: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (1): 45–73. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1999961.

Yusupova, Guzel. 2024. “The Digital Contestation of Racialized Nationhood in Russia: Manizha’s Eurovision Performance.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (2): 135–55. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.2005360.

Bondarenko, Oleksiy. 2023. "Between Loyalty and Opposition: The Communist Party of Russia and the Growing Intra-Party Cleavage." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (4): 143–165. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1996780

Paustyan, Ekaterina. 2023. “No Limit on Terms Served?: Explaining the Tenure of Incumbent Governors in Russia during Medvedev’s Presidency.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (2): 81–104. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1815211.

Semenov, Andrei, and Elizaveta Popkova. 2023. “Subnational Coercion during Aleksei Navalny’s Presidential Campaign in Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (2): 105–35. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1818445.

Fomin, Ivan, and Olga Nadskakuła-Kaczmarczyk. 2022. “Against Putin and Corruption, for Navalny and the ‘Revolution’?: The Dynamics of Framing and Mobilization in the Russian Political Protests of 2017–18.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (1): 99–130. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2022.55.1.99.

Malinova, Olga. 2022. “Legitimizing Putin’s Regime: The Transformations of the Narrative of Russia’s Post-Soviet Transition.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (1): 52–75. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2022.55.1.52.

Howells, Laura, and Laura A. Henry. 2021. “Varieties of Digital Authoritarianism: Analyzing Russia’s Approach to Internet Governance.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (4): 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.1.

Shields, Paul. 2021. “Killing Politics Softly: Unconvincing Propaganda and Political Cynicism in Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (4): 54–73. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.54.

Buyantueva, Radzhana. 2021. “LGBT Russians and Political Environment for Activism.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (3): 119–36. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.3.119.

Golosov, Grigorii V., and Mikhail Turchenko. 2021. “Countering the ‘Sweep Effect’: Opposition Voter Coordination versus Electoral System Effects in Authoritarian Local Elections.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (1–2): 66–82. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.1-2.66.

Cheloukhine, Serguei, Nesibeli Kalkayeva, Tima Khvedelidze, and A.R. Bizhanova. 2020. “Corruption in Russian Law Enforcement.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (1): 117–34. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.1.117.

Logvinenko, Igor. 2020. “Authoritarian Welfare State, Regime Stability, and the 2018 Pension Reform in Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (1): 100–116. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.1.100.

Riabova, Tatiana, and Oleg Riabov. 2019. “The ‘Rape of Europe’: 2016 New Year’s Eve Sexual Assaults in Cologne in Hegemonic Discourse of Russian Media.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (2): 145–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.04.004.

Ishiyama, John, Christopher Pace, and Brandon Stewart. 2018. “Foreign Threat and Political Party Change: Russia and Changes in Party Manifestos.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (4): 325–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.10.003.

Monday, Christopher. 2017. “Privatization to Putinization: The Genesis of Russia’s Hobbled Oligarchy.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (4): 303–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.09.004.

Stewart, Susan, and Jan Matti Dollbaum. 2017. “Civil Society Development in Russia and Ukraine: Diverging Paths.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (3): 207–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.08.001.

Motyl, Alexander J. 2016. “Putin’s Russia as a Fascist Political System.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (1): 25–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.01.002.

Ukraine

Bukkvoll, Tor. 2025. “Failures in Ukrainian Arms Procurement 2014–2023: The Negative Effects of Limited Access Orders (LAOs) on National Security.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (1): 77–99. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2279103.

Peng, Liu. 2025. “‘Losers’ in the Age of Democratization: Lessons from Post-Soviet Societies.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (1): 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2106390.

D’Anieri, Paul. 2024. “Elections, Succession, and Legitimacy in Ukraine: Lessons from Six Presidential Transitions.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (4): 6–27. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.2001608.

Jaroszewicz, Marta, and Jan Grzymski. 2023. “Securitization in the Shadow of Armed Conflict: The Internal Othering and Electoral Rights of IDPs in Ukraine.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (1): 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1775572.

Kalashnikova, Liudmyla, and Liliana Yarova. 2023. “Social and Personal Fears of the Population of Ukraine: Character and Structure in the Sociological Dimension (1992–2021).” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (3): 150–75. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1807105.

Torres-Adán, Ángel, and Michael Gentile. 2022. “A Least Expected Ally?: Past-Communists and Ukraine’s ‘European Choice.’” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (1): 23–59. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1712063.

Kuzio, Taras. 2020. “Empire Loyalism and Nationalism in Ukraine and Ireland: Comparing the Sources of Conflict in the Donbas and Ulster.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (3): 88–106. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.3.88.

Reznik, Volodymyr, and Oleksandr Reznik. 2020. “Legitimation of Private Property in the Means of Production in Ukraine: Dynamics and Factors.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (3): 64–87. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.3.64.

Kvartiuk, Vasyl. 2019. “Trust, Mental Models and Community Participation in Transition: Evidence from Rural Ukraine.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (2): 155–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.04.003.

Matsiyevsky, Yuriy. 2018. “Revolution without Regime Change: The Evidence from the Post-Euromaidan Ukraine.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (4): 349–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.11.001.

Osipian, Ararat L. 2017. “University Autonomy in Ukraine: Higher Education Corruption and the State.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (3): 233–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.06.004.

Kuzio, Taras. 2017. “Ukrainian Kleptocrats and America’s Real-Life House of Cards: Corruption, Lobbyism and the Rule of Law.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (1): 29–40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.01.002.

Bustikova, Lenka. 2015. “Voting, Identity and Security Threats in Ukraine: Who Supports the Radical ‘Freedom’ Party?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (2–3): 239–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.06.011.

Gomza, Ivan. 2015. “Elusive Proteus: A Study in the Ideological Morphology of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (2–3): 195–207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.06.005.

Iovenko, Artem. 2015. “The Ideology and Development of the Social-National Party of Ukraine, and Its Transformation into the All-Ukrainian Union ‘Freedom,’ in 1990–2004.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (2–3): 229–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.06.010.

Katchanovski, Ivan. 2015. “Terrorists or National Heroes? Politics and Perceptions of the OUN and the UPA in Ukraine.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (2–3): 217–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.06.006.

Likhachev, Vyacheslav. 2015. “The ‘Right Sector’ and Others: The Behavior and Role of Radical Nationalists in the Ukrainian Political Crisis of Late 2013 — Early 2014.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (2–3): 257–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.07.003.

Russia-Ukraine War

Bækken, Håvard. 2025. “Forging Frontline Russians: Militarized Patriotism and Identity Policy in the Occupied Donbas.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (1): 28–52. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2110253.

Polianskii, Mikhail. 2024. “Russian Foreign Policy Research and War in Ukraine: Old Answers to New Questions?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (2): 156–72. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2112378.

Posylnyi, Ivan. 2024. “The Soviet Pillar of Belonging: How Donbas Schools Construct the Reality in Occupation.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 57 (2): 112–34. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.2002005.

Shynkarenko, Mariia. 2022. “Compliant Subjects?: How the Crimean Tatars Resist Russian Occupation in Crimea.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (1): 76–98. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2022.55.1.76.

Kravchenko, Elena, and Tatiana Valiulina. 2020. “Social Antinomies of Linguistic Consciousness: Russian Blogosphere Debates Crimea’s Incorporation.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (3): 157–71. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.3.157.

Kuzio, Taras. 2019. “Russian Stereotypes and Myths of Ukraine and Ukrainians and Why Novorossiya Failed.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (4): 297–309. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.10.007.

Rotaru, Vasile. 2019. “‘Mimicking’ the West? Russia’s Legitimization Discourse from Georgia War to the Annexation of Crimea.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (4): 311–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.10.001.

Aydin, Filiz Tutku, and Fethi Kurtiy Sahin. 2019. “The Politics of Recognition of Crimean Tatar Collective Rights in the Post-Soviet Period: With Special Attention to the Russian Annexation of Crimea.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (1): 39–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.02.003.

Kozachenko, Ivan. 2019. “Fighting for the Soviet Union 2.0: Digital Nostalgia and National Belonging in the Context of the Ukrainian Crisis.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (1): 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.01.001.

Cheskin, Ammon. 2017. “Russian Soft Power in Ukraine: A Structural Perspective.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (4): 277–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.09.001.

Goble, Paul. 2016. “Russian National Identity and the Ukrainian Crisis.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (1): 37–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.12.006.

Kuzio, Taras. 2016. “Soviet and Russian Anti-(Ukrainian) Nationalism and Re-Stalinization.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (1): 87–99. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.12.005.

Riabchuk, Mykola. 2016. “Ukrainians as Russia’s Negative ‘Other’: History Comes Full Circle.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (1): 75–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.12.003.

Authoritarianism, autocracy & autocratization

Chen, Xi, and Jing Xu. 2025. “State Coercive Power and the War on Cults in China.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (1): 53–76. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2136353.

Peng, Liu. 2025. “‘Losers’ in the Age of Democratization: Lessons from Post-Soviet Societies.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 58 (1): 1–27. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2024.2106390.

Burkhardt, Fabian, and Jan Matti Dollbaum. 2023. “Lukashenka’s Constitutional Plebiscite and the Polarization of Belarusian Society.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (3): 98–126. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1990500.

Matthews, Austin S. 2023. “The Politburos of Communist Eastern Europe: Introducing New Individual-Level Data on Candidate and Full Members.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (2): 159–76. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1892358.

Vazyanau, Andrei. 2023. "Emotional Splits and Psychologization: Popular Responses to Mass Repressions in Belarus." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (3): 72–97. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1997969

Huang, Qingming. 2022. “Founding Myth, Institutional Adaptation, and Regime Resilience in China.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (4): 105–26. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1712516.

Vu, Tuong. 2022. “Strengths and Vulnerabilities of Surviving Asian Communist Regimes from a Historical, Regional, and Holistic Approach.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (4): 8–34. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1697969.

Trantidis, Aris. 2021. “The Political Economy of Autocratization: The Case of Belarus, 1994–2006.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (4): 117–36. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.117.

Kim, Taekbin. 2021. “Who Is Purged? Determinants of Elite Purges in North Korea.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (3): 73–96. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.3.73.

Zhu, Jiangnan, and Nikolai Mukhin. 2021. “The Modern Regency: Leadership Transition and Authoritarian Resilience of the Former Soviet Union and China.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (1–2): 24–44. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.1-2.24.

Kailitz, Steffen, and Andreas Umland. 2019. “How Post-Imperial Democracies Die: A Comparison of Weimar Germany and Post-Soviet Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (2): 105–15. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.05.003.

Shkel, Stanislav N. 2019. “Neo-Patrimonial Practices and Sustainability of Authoritarian Regimes in Eurasia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (2): 169–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.04.002.

Vanderhill, Rachel. 2017. “Active Resistance to Democratic Diffusion.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (1): 41–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.01.003.

Bækken, Håvard. 2015. “Selections before Elections: Double Standards in Implementing Election Registration Procedures in Russia?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (1): 61–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.01.001.

Citizenship and migration

Grdešić, Marko. 2020. “The Strange Case of Welfare Chauvinism in Eastern Europe.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (3): 107–22. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.3.107.

Kingsbury, Marina. 2019. “Let’s Have More Russian Babies. How Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Shapes Family Leave Policy in Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (3): 283–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.07.004.

Stojanov, Robert, Oldřich Bureš, and Barbora Duží. 2017. “Migration and Development Policies: The State of Affairs before the 2015 European Migration Crises in the Czech Republic and Its Current Implications.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (3): 169–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.06.002.

Low, Choo Chin. 2016. “The Politics of Citizenship in Divided Nations: Policies and Trends in Germany and China.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (2): 123–35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.04.006.

Korobkov, Andrei V. 2007. “Migration Trends in Central Eurasia: Politics versus Economics.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 40 (2): 169–89. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2007.04.001.

Ruget, Vanessa, and Burul Usmanalieva. 2007. “The Impact of State Weakness on Citizenship a Case Study of Kyrgyzstan.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 40 (4): 441–58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2007.10.002.

Vermeersch, Peter. 2005. “EU Enlargement and Immigration Policy in Poland and Slovakia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 38 (1): 71–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2005.01.006.

Korobkov, Andrei V., and Zhanna A. Zaionchkovskaia. 2004. “The Changes in the Migration Patterns in the Post-Soviet States: The First Decade.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 37 (4): 481–508. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2004.09.004.

Clientelism, corruption, rent-seeking, state capture

Sliepková, Petra, and Aneta Pinková. 2022. “Kočner’s Judges: Case Study of State Capture.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (3): 69–90. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1535811.

Chen, Cheng. 2020. “What Is behind Anti-Corruption?: A Comparison of Russia and China.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (4): 155–76. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2020.53.4.155.

Giugăl, Aurelian, and Ion Matei Costinescu. 2020. “Small-Time Clientelism: The Rising Fortunes of the Romanian National Liberal Party, 1990–2016.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (2): 25–46. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.2.25.

Zhllima, Edvin, Elvina Merkaj, Drini Imami, and Klodjan Rama. 2020. “Local Government Access to Funds—It Is about Who Your Friends and Party Are.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (1): 135–51. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.1.135.

Bašná, Kristýna. 2019. “Income Inequality and Level of Corruption in Post-Communist European Countries between 1995 and 2014.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (2): 93–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.05.002.

Popova, Maria, and Vincent Post. 2018. “Prosecuting High-Level Corruption in Eastern Europe.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (3): 231–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.06.004.

Zaloznaya, Marina, William M. Reisinger, and Vicki Hesli Claypool. 2018. “When Civil Engagement Is Part of the Problem: Flawed Anti-Corruptionism in Russia and Ukraine.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (3): 245–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.06.003.

Pavroz, Alexander. 2017. “Corruption-Oriented Model of Governance in Contemporary Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (2): 145–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.05.005.

Constitutions, courts, law & police

Zotééva, Anna, and Martin Kragh. 2021. “From Constitutional Identity to the Identity of the Constitution: Solving the Balance of Law and Politics in Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (1–2): 176–95. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.1-2.176.

Easter, Gerald M. 2021. “Policing Protest in Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (4): 74–97. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.74.

Gadowska, Kaja. 2018. “Constitutional Values and Civil Servant Recruitment: The Principles for Filling Revenue Service Positions in Poland.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (3): 257–71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.07.003.

Kovács, Kriszta, and Kim Lane Scheppele. 2018. “The Fragility of an Independent Judiciary: Lessons from Hungary and Poland—and the European Union.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (3): 189–200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.07.005.

Semukhina, Olga. 2018. “The Evolution of Policing in Post-Soviet Russia: Paternalism versus Service in Police. Officers’ Understanding of Their Role.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (3): 215–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.07.001.

Solomon, Peter H., Jr., and Kaja Gadowska. 2018. “Legal Change in Post-Communist States: Contradictions and Explanations. Introduction.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (3): 173–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.07.004.

Trochev, Alexei, and Peter H. Solomon Jr. 2018. “Authoritarian Constitutionalism in Putin’s Russia: A Pragmatic Constitutional Court in a Dual State.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (3): 201–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.06.002.

Contentious politics, social movements, and protest

Zakharov, Nikolay, Aliaksei Lastouski, and Sergei Mudrov. 2023. “Religion and the Protest Movement: Christian Churches in 2020 Belarus.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (3): 22–46. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1823993.

Grančayová, Michaela, and Aliaksei Kazharski. 2023. “Authoritarian Hegemonic Masculinities and Gendered Rhetorics of the Protest: 2020 Belarus Awakening and the Arab Spring in Egypt.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (3): 47–71. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1713752.

Marandici, Ion. 2022. “Collective Action, Memories of 1989, and Social Media: Novel Insights from Moldova’s Twitter Revolution.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (1): 82–104. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1716515.

Ķešāne, Iveta. 2021. “Neoliberalization and Politics of Shaming: Ruling Elites’ Response to Protests by Schoolteachers and Farmers in Post-Soviet Latvia (1994–2000).” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (1–2): 102–27. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.1-2.102.

Novák, Arnošt. 2020. “Direct Actions in the Czech Environmental Movement.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (3): 137–56. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.3.137.

Dragoman, Dragoș, and Sabina-Adina Luca. 2020. “Young People and Political Activism in Moldova: Why Online Mobilization Is Not Enough for Democratic Consolidation.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (2): 76–92. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.2.76.

Woźniak, Wojciech. 2019. “Politics, Sport Mega Events and Grassroots Mobilization. Anticipated Triumph and Unexpected Failure of Political Elite in Poland.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (4): 367–78. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.10.002.

Karolewski, Ireneusz Paweł. 2016. “Protest and Participation in Post-Transformation Poland: The Case of the Committee for the Defense of Democracy (KOD).” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (3): 255–67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.003.

Education

Šimáně, Michal. 2023. “Socialist Egalitarianism in Everyday Life of Secondary Technical Schools in Czechoslovakia during the Normalization Period (1969–89).” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (1): 129–51. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1798853.

Hornat, Jan. 2019. “Democratization through Education? Theory and Practice of the Czech Post-Revolution Education System and Its Reforms.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (3): 271–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.08.003.

Popov, Dmitry, and Anna Strelnikova. 2019. “Inconsistency between Educational Attainment and Literacy: The Case of Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (3): 259–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.08.001.

Elections, parties & voting

Bankov, Petar. “Targets and Resources: Determinants of Party-Based Online Campaign Strategies in the Case of the 2021 Parliamentary Elections in Bulgaria.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies. Advance Article. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1991328.

Oross, Daniel, and Sergiu Gherghina. “Closer to Citizens or Ticking Boxes? Political Parties and Participatory Practices in Hungary.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies. Advance Article. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1825060.

Gherghina, Sergiu, Sergiu Mișcoiu, and Paul Tap. 2023. “Using the Pandemic as a Pretext: Voter Absenteeism in the 2020 Elections in Romania.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies. Advance Article. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1823167.

Vasilyeva, Olga, and Alexander Libman. 2023. "Communist Legacy, Anti-Elite Sentiments, and Modernization Theory: Evidence from a Natural Experiment." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1999961

Maškarinec, Pavel. 2022. “Mapping the Territorial Distribution of Voter Turnout in Czech Local Elections (1994–2018): Spatial Dimensions of Electoral Participation.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (3): 163–80. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1706946.

Popescu, Marina, and Mihail Chiru. 2020. “Electoral System Incentives for a Party-Serving Personal Vote: How Can High Personalization Occur under PR?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (2): 3–24. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.2.3.

Grabowski, Wojciech. 2019. “Determinants of Voting Results in Poland in the 2015 Parliamentary Elections. Analysis of Spatial Differences.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (4): 331–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.10.006.

Maškarinec, Pavel. 2019. “Ticket Splitting, Strategic Voting and Personal Vote in the 2012 Mongolian Elections.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (3): 235–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.08.002.

Voda, Petr, and Michal Pink. 2015. “Explanation of Spatial Differentiation of Electoral Results in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (4): 301–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.09.002.

Far right and populism

Dvořák, Tomáš. 2022. “Populism, Anti-Establishment Politics, and Dimensions of Political Competition: Analysis of Populist Attitudes in the Czech Republic.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (3): 140–62. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1676093.

Kluknavská, Alena, and Josef Smolík. 2016. “We Hate Them All? Issue Adaptation of Extreme Right Parties in Slovakia 1993–2016.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (4): 335–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.09.002.

Mareš, Miroslav, and Vratislav Havlík. 2016. “Jobbik’s Successes. An Analysis of Its Success in the Comparative Context of the V4 Countries.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (4): 323–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.08.003.

Kim, Dae Soon. 2016. “The Rise of European Right Radicalism: The Case of Jobbik.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (4): 345–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.08.001.

Umland, Andreas. 2015. “Challenges and Promises of Comparative Research into Post-Soviet Fascism: Methodological and Conceptual Issues in the Study of the Contemporary East European Extreme Right.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (2–3): 169–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.07.002.

Foreign policy, geopolitics, and international relations

Gueudet, Sophie. 2023. "Displays of Statehood: Hybrid Diplomatic Practices and International Representation of De Facto States." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (4): 121–142. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1998962

Breuning, Marijke, and John Ishiyama. 2021. “Confronting Russia: How Do the Citizens of Countries of the Near Abroad Perceive Their State’s Role?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (3): 97–118. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.3.97.

Diesen, Glenn, and Conor Keane. 2018. “The Offensive Posture of NATO’s Missile Defence System.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (2): 91–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.03.001.

Holas, Lukáš. 2018. “Prospects for Russia-NATO Relations: The SWOT Analysis.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (2): 151–60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.04.003.

Lisiakiewicz, Rafał. 2018. “Poland’s Conception of European Security and Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (2): 113–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.04.001.

Tsygankov, Andrei P. 2018. “The Sources of Russia’s Fear of NATO.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (2): 101–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.04.002.

Ušiak, Jaroslav. 2018. “Slovakia’s Perspective on NATO.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (2): 125–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.04.004.

Shevchenko, Alexei. 2018. “From a Follower to a Trendsetter: Hungary’s Post-Cold War Identity and the West.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (1): 63–72. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.01.006.

Lynch, Allen C. 2016. “The Influence of Regime Type on Russian Foreign Policy toward ‘the West,’ 1992–2015.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (1): 101–11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.12.004.

Gender and sexuality

Grančayová, Michaela and Aliaksei Kazharski. 2023. “Authoritarian Hegemonic Masculinities and Gendered Rhetorics of the Protest: 2020 Belarus Awakening and the Arab Spring in Egypt.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (3). https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1713752

Wilson-McDonald, Alexandria. 2023. “Gendering Violence in the Age of Anti-Genderism: Feminist Framing of Violence Against Women in Slovakia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (2): 136–58. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1828365.

Buyantueva, Radzhana. 2021. “LGBT Russians and Political Environment for Activism.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (3): 119–36. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.3.119.

Żuk, Piotr, and Paweł Żuk. 2020. “‘Democracy Is Not for Everyone’: Nationalist Homophobia in Eastern Europe and Opposition to Liberal Democracy in the European Union.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (3): 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.3.1.

Cockerham, William C., Bryant W. Hamby, Olena Hankivsky, Elizabeth H. Baker, and Setareh Rouhani. 2017. “Self-Rated Health and Barriers to Healthcare in Ukraine: The Pivotal Role of Gender and Its Intersections.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (1): 53–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.01.001.

Wegren, Stephen K., Alexander Nikulin, Irina Trotsuk, and Svetlana Golovina. 2017. “Gender Inequality in Russia’s Rural Informal Economy.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (2): 87–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.05.007.

McGarry, Aidan. 2016. “Pride Parades and Prejudice: Visibility of Roma and LGBTI Communities in Post-Socialist Europe.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (3): 269–77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.002.

Sperling, Valerie. 2016. “Putin’s Macho Personality Cult.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (1): 13–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.12.001.

Ideology

Ilkowski, Filip. 2021. “Anti-Communism as Ideology: The Case of Contemporary Poland.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (1–2): 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.1-2.1.

Štefek, Martin. 2021. “Czechoslovakia’s Discreet Behavioral Revolution in the 1960s: The Momentum of Convergence?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (1–2): 196–212. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.1-2.196.

Guo, Yingjie. 2019. “From Marxism to Nationalism: The Chinese Communist Party’s Discursive Shift in the Post-Mao Era.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (4): 355–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.10.004.

Kudaibergenova, Diana T. 2019. “Compartmentalized Ideology and Nation-Building in Non-Democratic States.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (3): 247–57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.07.002.

Gregor, A. James. 2019. “Classical Marxism and Maoism: A Comparative Study.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (2): 81–91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.04.001.

Kolodko, Grzegorz W. 2018. “Socialism, Capitalism, or Chinism?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (4): 285–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.10.002.

Stanciu, Cezar. 2015. “Nicolae Ceauşescu and the Origins of Eurocommunism.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (1): 83–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.01.006.

Identity, ethnicity, and nationalism

Jovanović, Srđan M. 2020. “The ‘Šreter’ Prizes: Tackling Contemporary Croatian Linguistic Purism (1993–2018).” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (3): 189–201. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.3.189.

Zadora, Anna. 2019. “Daily Identity Practices: Belarus and Potato Eaters.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (2): 177–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.05.001.

Bougdaeva, Saglar, and Rico Isaacs. 2018. “Nomads under Arrest: The Nation-Building and Nation-Destroying of Kalmyk Nomads in Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (4): 375–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.10.007.

Grebennikov, Marat. 2015. “How Far Is Too Far? Circassian Ethnic Mobilization and the Redrawing of Internal Borders in the North Caucasus.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (1): 71–81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.01.003.

Media, disinformation, and propaganda

Marandici, Ion. 2022. "Collective Action, Memories of 1989, and Social Media: Novel Insights from Moldova’s Twitter Revolution." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 56 (1): 82–104. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1716515

Shields, Paul. 2021. "Killing Politics Softly: Unconvincing Propaganda and Political Cynicism in Russia." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (4): 54–73. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.54

Dupuis, Indira. 2020. "The De-legitimization of General Jaruzelski's Government by Official Mass Media: Studying the Coverage of the Jerzy Popiełuszko Trial." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (2): 93–112. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.2.93

Kudrnáč, Aleš. 2020. "What Does It Take to Fight Fake News? Testing the Influence of Political Knowledge, Media Literacy, and General Trust on Motivated Reasoning." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (1): 151–167. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.1.151

Guan, Tianru, and Tianyang Liu. 2019. "Globalized fears, localized securities: ‘Terrorism’ in political polarization in a one-party state." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (4): 343–353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.10.008

Kingsbury, Marina. 2019. "Let's have more Russian babies. How anti-immigrant sentiment shapes family leave policy in Russia." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (3): 283–295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.07.004

Riabova, Tatiana, and Oleg Riabov. 2019. "The “Rape of Europe”: 2016 New Year's Eve sexual assaults in Cologne in hegemonic discourse of Russian media." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (2): 145–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.04.004

Trifonova Price, Lada. 2019. "Media Corruption and Issues of Journalistic and Institutional Integrity in Post-Communist Countries: The Case of Bulgaria." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (1): 71–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.02.005

Vázquez-Liñán, Miguel. 2017. "Historical memory and political propaganda in the Russian Federation." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (2): 77–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.05.004

Szostek, Joanna. 2015."Russian influence on news media in Belarus." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (2-3): 123–135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.06.007

Memory politics

Blackburn, Matthew, and Daria Khlevnyuk. 2023. “Escaping the Long Shadow of Homo Sovieticus: Reassessing Stalin’s Popularity and Communist Legacies in Post-Soviet Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies. Advance Article. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2023.1817401.

Khlevnyuk, Daria. 2022. “‘Framing’ and ‘Screening’ the Gulag: Politics of Memory of the Great Patriotic War and Stalin’s Repressions in Russian Regions.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 55 (3): 24–43. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2022.1552439.

Mohr, Rachel, and Kate Pride Brown. 2021. “Generational and Geographic Effects on Collective Memory of the USSR.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (1–2): 156–75. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.1-2.156.

Apryshchenko, Victor. 2020. “Industry of Retro or Retro-Industry: The Production of Memory in Contemporary Russia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 53 (2): 137–52. https://doi.org/10.1525/cpcs.2020.53.2.137.

Vázquez-Liñán, Miguel. 2017. “Historical Memory and Political Propaganda in the Russian Federation.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (2): 77–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.05.004.

Khapaeva, Dina. 2016. “Triumphant Memory of the Perpetrators: Putin’s Politics of Re-Stalinization.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (1): 61–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.12.007.

Sherlock, Thomas. 2016. “Russian Politics and the Soviet Past: Reassessing Stalin and Stalinism under Vladimir Putin.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 49 (1): 45–59. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.01.001.

Kasamara, Valeria, and Anna Sorokina. 2015. “Post-Soviet Collective Memory: Russian Youths about Soviet Past.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (2–3): 137–45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.06.003.

Political economy

Legiedz, Tomasz. 2019. “The Transition from Limited Access Orders to Open Access Orders in the Post-Communist Europe.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (3): 187–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.07.003.

Liang, Yiyong. 2019. “The Emerging Labour Market and Transformation from State Amateurs to Professional Athletes.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 52 (4): 379–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.10.005.

Bogdanov, Natalija, Vesna Rodić, and Matteo Vittuari. 2017. “Structural Change and Transition in the Agricultural Sector: Experience of Serbia.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (4): 319–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.10.002.

Tomkiewicz, Jacek. 2018. “The Labour Market and Income Distribution in Post-Socialist Economies — Non-Obvious Regularities.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (4): 315–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.10.006.

Vidra, Zsuzsanna. 2018. “Hungary’s Punitive Turn: The Shift from Welfare to Workfare.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 51 (1): 73–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2018.01.008.

Gurgul, Henryk, and Łukasz Lach. 2015. “Key Sectors in the Post-Communist CEE Economies: What Does the Transition Data Say?” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (1): 15–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2014.12.001.

Pilc, Michał. 2015. “Determinants of the Labour Market Institutions in Post-Socialist Economies.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 48 (2–3): 97–112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2015.06.008.

Post-communism & legacies of communism

Nowicka-Franczak, Magdalena. 2021. “Self-Criticism in Post-Communist Times: The Polish Debate on the Democratic Transition in the Eastern European Context.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (4): 28–53. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.4.28.

Ilkowski, Filip. 2021. “Anti-Communism as Ideology: The Case of Contemporary Poland.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 54 (1–2): 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1525/j.postcomstud.2021.54.1-2.1.

Klicperova-Baker, Martina, and Jaroslav Koštál. 2017. “Post-Communist Democracy vs. Totalitarianism: Contrasting Patterns of Need Satisfaction and Societal Frustration.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies 50 (2): 99–111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2017.05.002.