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Gabor Scheiring, PhD
Political Economist, Public Sociologist
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The Rise of Illiberalism from East to the West: A Lesson About Class for the Left
As the world awakens from the shock of Donald Trump being elected, liberals and people on the left have started to draw the conclusions....

gaborscheiring
Nov 12, 20169 min read


The European Left at a crossroads
The crisis of the Left, a post-communist peculiarity until just a few years ago, has become critical all over Europe. If the Left wants...

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Oct 27, 20168 min read


Mortality in Transition
The article describes the study Protocol of the PrivMort Project, a multilevel cohort study measuring the health impact of economic change.

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Jul 30, 20162 min read


Is a Progressive Alliance a Progressive Solution?
The ascent of right-wing hegemony in an increasing number of countries in Europe is forcing progressives to rethink their agendas and...

gaborscheiring
Jul 16, 20167 min read


Sustaining Democracy in an Era of Dependent Financialization
The paper analyses the tensions between dependent financialisation and democracy building on Polanyi's work utilising the case of Hungary.

gaborscheiring
Jun 17, 20161 min read


Basic Income as a Realist’s Transformative Strategy
Progressive politics needs bold new visions that can be contrasted to current processes of erosion, such as the idea of the basic income.

gaborscheiring
Mar 1, 20161 min read


Mass Privatization
This chapter summarizes the theory and evidence regarding Mass Privatization programmes in the post-communist environment.

gaborscheiring
Oct 1, 20151 min read


The Political Economy of De-Democratization in Hungary
This article provides a Weberian-class-based and international-political-economy-inspired account of de-democratization in Hungary.

gaborscheiring
Aug 28, 20151 min read


Social Policies and Private Sector Participation in Water Supply: Hungary
This chapter provides an analysis of the social impact of private sector participation in the water sector in Hungary.

gaborscheiring
Oct 1, 20081 min read


Barbarians at the Open Gates: Public Sociology and the Late Modern Turn
I present a friendly critique of Burawoy's public sociology manifesto, building on my experience as a social activist and young researcher.

gaborscheiring
Oct 1, 20071 min read


Privatisation of Water in the Context of the Transition
A few years into the transition to a market-economy, Hungarians have discovered that private ownership does not necessarily mean well-being.

gaborscheiring
Jan 1, 20061 min read
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