Gabor Scheiring, PhD

Political Economist, Public Sociologist

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    Deaths of Despair in Comparative Perspective
    gaborscheiring
    • Apr 12
    • 1 min
    academic

    Deaths of Despair in Comparative Perspective

    In our new Annual Review of Sociology article, we compare the American Deaths of Despair epidemic and the postsocialist mortality crisis.
    Deindustrialization, social disintegration, and health
    gaborscheiring
    • Mar 14
    • 1 min
    academic

    Deindustrialization, social disintegration, and health

    We present a neoclassical sociological synthesis of the lived experience of deindustrialization and its implications for health.
    The national-populist mutation of neoliberalism
    gaborscheiring
    • Feb 20
    • 1 min
    academic

    The national-populist mutation of neoliberalism

    We know much about the mutation of neoliberalism in advanced economies. I show how this might happen in investment-dependent economies.
    Neoliberal Capitalism and the Visegrad Countermovements
    gaborscheiring
    • Dec 3, 2021
    • 1 min
    academic

    Neoliberal Capitalism and the Visegrad Countermovements

    Our special issue—Neoliberal Capitalism and the Visegrad Countermovements—is finally out & complete.
    The social requisites of illiberalism
    gaborscheiring
    • Nov 30, 2021
    • 1 min
    academic

    The social requisites of illiberalism

    The world is facing a new wave of autocratization. This chapter reviews the social foundations of illiberalism.
    Neoliberal Capitalism and Visegrád Countermovements: introduction
    gaborscheiring
    • Nov 8, 2021
    • 1 min
    academic

    Neoliberal Capitalism and Visegrád Countermovements: introduction

    This special issue analyzes the lived experience of postsocialist economic change and its relation to populism.
    Varieties of Dependency, Varieties of Populism
    gaborscheiring
    • Sep 22, 2021
    • 1 min
    academic

    Varieties of Dependency, Varieties of Populism

    The rise of populism has cast doubt on the sustainability of the marriage of liberal democracy and neoliberal capitalism.
    The Populist Radical Right and Health in Hungary
    gaborscheiring
    • Sep 9, 2021
    • 1 min
    academic

    The Populist Radical Right and Health in Hungary

    How do populists govern health? How are they handling covid19? We answer these questions by analyzing Viktor Orban's Hungary.
    The political economy of national-neoliberalism
    gaborscheiring
    • Aug 14, 2021
    • 2 min
    academic

    The political economy of national-neoliberalism

    Analyzing transformations in Romania & Hungary this article shows that neoliberalism is not over, just changing, leading to...
    Populism in Hungary and Poland
    gaborscheiring
    • Aug 5, 2021
    • 2 min
    academic

    Populism in Hungary and Poland

    Situations of Dependency, Mechanisms of Dependency Governance, and the Rise of Populism in Hungary and Poland Dependency theory is back!...
    Deindustrialization and the Postsocialist Mortality Crisis
    gaborscheiring
    • Apr 15, 2021
    • 2 min
    academic

    Deindustrialization and the Postsocialist Mortality Crisis

    Abstract An unprecedented mortality crisis struck Eastern Europe during the transition from socialism to capitalism. Working-class men...
    Left Behind in the Hungarian Rustbelt
    gaborscheiring
    • Dec 17, 2020
    • 1 min
    academic

    Left Behind in the Hungarian Rustbelt

    The article conceptualises Hungary's neo-nationalist turn as a Polanyian countermovement against globalisation and deindustrialisation.
    Privatization and the postsocialist fertility decline
    gaborscheiring
    • Dec 11, 2020
    • 1 min
    academic

    Privatization and the postsocialist fertility decline

    Abstract The ten countries with the fastest shrinking population are all located in Eastern Europe, with low fertility as one of the...
    Deindustrialization and deaths of despair
    gaborscheiring
    • Dec 1, 2020
    • 1 min
    academic

    Deindustrialization and deaths of despair

    Deindustrialization and deaths of despair: mapping the impact of industrial decline on ill health A growing literature on deaths of...
    Book out: The Retreat of Liberal Democracy
    gaborscheiring
    • Aug 28, 2020
    • 10 min
    academic

    Book out: The Retreat of Liberal Democracy

    Transcending disciplinary boundaries, the book provides a fresh answer to a simple & profound question: why has liberal democracy retreated?
    From neoliberal disembedding to authoritarian re-embedding
    gaborscheiring
    • Aug 21, 2020
    • 1 min
    academic

    From neoliberal disembedding to authoritarian re-embedding

    Relying on Polanyi & Gramsci, the article analyses the socio-economic roots of illiberal populism in Hungary.
    Orbanomics: A polarising answer to the crisis of liberal dependent capitalism
    gaborscheiring
    • Jun 19, 2020
    • 1 min
    academic

    Orbanomics: A polarising answer to the crisis of liberal dependent capitalism

    This analysis explains the political-economic logic of Orbanomics.
    The foundations of hybrid authoritarian state capitalism in Hungary
    gaborscheiring
    • Apr 18, 2020
    • 1 min
    academic

    The foundations of hybrid authoritarian state capitalism in Hungary

    To understand the emergence, stability of Orbán's illiberal regime, this article digs into the contradictions of postsocialist liberalism.
    Analyzing the Health Impact of Economic Change
    gaborscheiring
    • Jan 28, 2020
    • 2 min
    academic

    Analyzing the Health Impact of Economic Change

    Non-technical summary of the Privatisation and Mortality project that analyzed the political economy of the postsocialist mortality crisis.
    Dependent development and authoritarian state capitalism
    gaborscheiring
    • Sep 5, 2019
    • 2 min
    academic

    Dependent development and authoritarian state capitalism

    What are the economic roots Hungary's authoritarian turn, and how could we conceptualise the post-2010 regime?
    Cross-Country Evidence on the Social Determinants of the Post-Socialist Mortality Crisis in Europe
    gaborscheiring
    • Dec 14, 2018
    • 1 min
    academic

    Cross-Country Evidence on the Social Determinants of the Post-Socialist Mortality Crisis in Europe

    We review 39 cross-national multi-variable peer reviewed studies of social determinants of mortality in post-socialist Europe.
    Lessons from the Political Economy of Authoritarian Capitalism in Hungary
    gaborscheiring
    • Apr 9, 2018
    • 1 min
    academic

    Lessons from the Political Economy of Authoritarian Capitalism in Hungary

    To understand the emergence of authoritarian capitalism in Hungary, this paper digs into the contradictions of liberal economic policies.
    Smoking, alcohol and cancer mortality in Eastern European men
    gaborscheiring
    • Mar 26, 2018
    • 1 min
    academic

    Smoking, alcohol and cancer mortality in Eastern European men

    The study calculates population attributable risk fraction (PARF) of cancer deaths from smoking and alcohol in Russia, Belarus and Hungary.
    The Gendered Effects of Foreign Investment and Prolonged State Ownership on Mortality in Hungary
    gaborscheiring
    • Jan 1, 2018
    • 2 min
    academic

    The Gendered Effects of Foreign Investment and Prolonged State Ownership on Mortality in Hungary

    Prolonged state ownership was associated with protection of life chances during the post-socialist transformation for women.
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