"All in all, this is innovative theorizing, of a kind too rarely encountered in the field of transition studies. ... The theory of postcommunist collective action requires deepening, the notion of low-level equilibrium democracy needs to be given a preciser meaning. ... The Politial Economy of Protest and Patience provides a host of observations and conjectures to stimulate such research. That alone makes it stand out as an important book in its field."
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