Department of Political Science
In Russian
Congratulations to European graduate Tatyana Tkacheva with the defense of her PhD dissertation
On April 21, 2022, Tatyana Tkacheva, a graduate of the EUSP Faculty of Political Science and Sociology, defended her PhD dissertation at the University of Helsinki. Her thesis topic is "Regional Governors and Political Regime Dynamics in Russia: Resources, Strategies, and Electoral Outcomes".
The supervisor of the dissertation was Professor Vladimir Gelman from the Faculty of Political Sciences.

GONE WITH THE WIND
The American South has always been different – slavery, secession, poverty, rural, and segregated – seemingly the reverse of American ideals. As novelist William Faulkner noted, in the South, the past is not even past, as the recent conflict over Confederate monuments attests. Why is this so? How have other regions in the U.S. contributed to the Southern mixture of myth and history? And what does its persistence say about the nation?

FROM TRIUMPH TO CRISIS
Hilary Appel Book Presentation "From Triumph to Crisis: Neoliberal Economic Reforms in Postcommunist Countries" (Cambirdge University Press, 2018).