Thursday, November 19 / 8:00 AM - 9:45 AM • Room 224 (2nd Floor)

Session 4
Beyond the Periphery: Eastern Europe and the Complexities of Social and Political Transformation (I)

Chair: Besnik Pula, Virginia Tech

1. From Contesting Neoliberalism to Contestatory Populism: Path-Dependent Adaptations in Eastern Europe and Latin America • Binio Binev, Virginia Tech.

2. "Flexible Authoritarianism" beyond Russia. The Economic and Cultural Underpinnings of Strongman Rule • Anna Schwenck, Freie Universität Berlin.

3. Rethinking the International Demonstration Effect: The Impact of the Yugoslav Example on Soviet Dissolution (1991) and Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine (2022) • Veljko Vujacic, Oberlin College.

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