Petr Kopecký - The Routledge Handbook of East European Politics

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Jenny berg is a PhD student in Political Science at Dalarna University, Sweden.

Josephine T. Andrews is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of California at Davis, USA.

Florian Bieber is Professor of Southeast European Studies and Director of the Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz, Austria.

Sarah Birch is Professor of Political Science and Director of Research at the Department of Political Economy, Kings College London, UK.

Dorothee Bohle is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, Italy.

Martin Brusis is Member and Principal Investigator of the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich, Germany.

Ondej Csa is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, Charles University, Czech Republic.

Kevin Deegan-Krause is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Political Science, Wayne State University, USA.

Antoaneta L. Dimitrova is Associate Professor at the Institute of Public Administration, Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Grzegorz Ekiert is Lawrence A. Tisch Professor of Government and Director of the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, USA.

Zsolt Enyedi is Professor at the Department of Political Science, Central European University, Hungary.

Rachel A. Epstein is Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and Academic Co-director of the Colorado European Union Center of Excellence, University of Denver, USA.

Adam Fagan is Professor of European Politics and Head of the School of Politics and International Relations, Queen Mary University of London, UK.

James Hughes is Professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Government, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Petr Kopeck is Professor of Political Science and Director of Central and East European Studies Center, Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Tatiana Kostadinova is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University, USA.

Jan Kubik is Professor of Slavonic and East European Studies and Director of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK.

Martin Mendelski is Postdoctoral Researcher at Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany.

Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling is Professor of Political Science at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham, UK.

Cas Mudde is Associate Professor at the Department of International Affairs, University of Georgia, USA.

Conor ODwyer is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science and the Center for European Studies, University of Florida, USA.

Eva-Clarita Pettai is Senior Researcher at the Institute of Government and Politics, University of Tartu, Estonia.

Vello Pettai is Professor of Comparative Politics at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia.

Andrew Roberts is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, USA.

Richard Sakwa is Professor of Russian and European Politics at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, UK.

Thomas Sedelius is Associate Professor in Political Science at Dalarna University, Sweden.

Allan Sikk is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK.

Maria Spirova is Associate Professor of Comparative Politics and International Relations at the Institute of Political Science, Leiden University, the Netherlands.

Sherrill Stroschein is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the Department of Political Science, University College London, UK.

Frank C. Thames is Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science, Texas Tech University, USA.

Elsa Tulmets is Marie Curie Fellow at the Center for International Studies, Sciences Po Paris, France.

Peter Vermeersch is Professor of Political Science at the Centre for Research on Peace and Development, University of Leuven, Belgium.

Mark Webber is Professor of International Politics and Head of the School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham, UK.

Andrew Wilson is Professor of Ukrainian Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK.

Mark Webber