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Kristen Ghodsee

Kristen Ghodsee

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Kristen Ghodsee, Professor of Russian and East European Studies and a member of the Graduate Group in Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania, is the author of Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women.

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  1. An Interview with Kristen Ghodsee
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    An Interview with Kristen Ghodsee

    Mar 15, 2022 Kristen Ghodsee considers social factors that may have made Ukraine seem vulnerable to Russia, identifies socialist-era policies that countries today should adopt, and highlights how that era was better for women in one key sense.

  2. Why Won't Eastern Europeans Get Vaccinated?
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    Why Won't Eastern Europeans Get Vaccinated?

    Nov 8, 2021 Kristen Ghodsee & Mitchell A. Orenstein argue that low inoculation rates reflect not the legacy of communism, but rather the legacy of its collapse.

  3. Revolutions for Whom?
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    Revolutions for Whom?

    Nov 1, 2019 Kristen Ghodsee & Mitchell A. Orenstein note that in many post-communist countries, GDP per capita remains below its level 30 years ago.

  4. How Banning Abortion Will Transform America
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    How Banning Abortion Will Transform America

    May 15, 2019 Maria Bucur & Kristen Ghodsee warn that a new wave of prohibition portends a future of maternal death, bad sex, and wrecked relationships.

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    PS Events: COP29 Live From Baku Session 2

    PS editors present the COP29 Live From Baku session two event, Financial Inclusion is Climate Action.
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    The EU Needs a Strong Clean Industrial Deal

    Jean Pisani-Ferry, et al. tout a strategy that combines decarbonization with measures to boost competitiveness and social cohesion.
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    The World’s Babies Need Antibiotics, Not Just Vaccines

    Glenda Gray urges the international community to help African countries prevent infant deaths from treatable infections.
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    How Trump Did It

    Not only did Donald Trump win last week’s US presidential election decisively – winning some three million more votes than his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris – but the Republican Party he now controls gained majorities in both houses on Congress. Given the far-reaching implications of this result – for both US democracy and global stability – understanding how it came about is essential.

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    The Big Picture

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    Capitalism Is Driving Democracy’s Death Spiral

    Katharina Pistor argues that the financialization of the global economy has come at the expense self-governance.
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    What Germany’s Next Government Must Do

    Helmut K. Anheier argues that whoever wins the upcoming snap election must make progress in four key areas.
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    To Win Back Voters, Democrats Should Let Trump Be Trump

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    By voting for Republican candidates, working-class voters effectively get to have their cake and eat it, expressing conservative moral preferences while relying on Democrats to fight for their basic economic security. The best strategy for Democrats now will be to permit voters to face the consequences of their choice.

    urges the party to adopt a long-term strategy aimed at discrediting the MAGA ideology once and for all.
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    What If Trump Keeps His Promises?

    Kaushik Basu warns that the president-elect’s proposed trade policies will erode America’s competitiveness.

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