Ivan Szelenyi Book order

This volume features essays by Iván Szelényi, a prominent sociologist at Yale, reflecting on Hungary's political evolution from "goulash communism" to "illiberal regime." Szelényi offers critical analyses of socialism and capitalism, emphasizing the importance of interpretation over ideological solutions in a rapidly changing world.

Surveying Putin 's Russia and contemporary China, this volume theorized forms of capitalism that emerge in post-communist societies.