Author: Béla Greskovits | Journal of Democracy

Béla Greskovits is professor of international relations and European studies at CEU.

Articles by Béla Greskovits:

October 2007, Volume 18, Issue 4

Is East-Central Europe Backsliding? Economic Woes and Political Disaffection

Béla Greskovits

Under the pressure of compliance with the Maastricht convergence criteria governments implement painful welfare state reforms.

October 2009, Volume 20, Issue 4

Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy (II): East-Central Europe’s Quandary

Dorothee Bohle
Béla Greskovits

The countries of Central and Eastern Europe have been struggling to devise approaches to political economy that can bring stability, prosperity, and a measure of equality in a world dominated by global finance and exchange.

Books:

Poverty, Inequality, and Democracy

Marc F. Plattner
Larry Diamond
Francis Fukuyama

This book addresses such broad issues as whether democracy promotes inequality, the socioeconomic factors that drive democratic failure, and the basic choices that societies must make as they decide how to deal with inequality.