Béla Greskovits

Professor
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Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower
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602
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+36 1 327-3079
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Qualifications: 
PhD, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
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Academic career

Professor, since 1999, CEU, International Relations and European Studies and Political Science Department

Visiting Fellow, 2008-09, European University Institute, Florence

Visiting Professor, 2003-04, Harvard University, Social Studies, Cambridge,

International Policy Fellow, 2002-03, CEU, Center for Policy Studies, Budapest

Luigi Einaudi Professor, 1998-99, Cornell University, Institute for European Studies, Ithaca

Associate Professor, 1992-99, CEU Political Science Department

Associated Fellow, 1997-98, Collegium Budapest, Institute for Advanced Study, Budapest

Associate Professor, 1996-97, CEU Sociology Department, Warsaw

Economic Freedom Fellow, 1992, Georgetown University, Washington D. C.

Education

PhD, 1996, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Economics Committee

MA, 1980, Budapest University of Economics

Languages: Hungarian native, Fluent English and German, some Russian and Polish

Research interest

Political and social impact of leading transnational industries in Eastern Europe; politics of enlargement of the Eurozone; democratization; South American and Eastern European political and economic development, economic ideologies, politics of policy making

Current projects: Capitalist Diversity on Europe’s Periphery - book manuscript co-authored with Dorothee Bohle; four-country comparative study of civil society and social protest with scholars from US, Poland, South Korea and Taiwan.

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Projects with involvement of Béla Greskovits

Publications

Book
Greskovits, B.. Post-Socialist Institution Building. In Sysiphus Social Studies. Vol. XI. Warsaw: IfiS Publishers, 1999.
Greskovits, B.. Social Structures in the Making In Sisyphus Social Studies, Edited by M. Baethge and W. Adamski. Vol. X. Sysiphus Social Studies X. Warsaw: IfiS Publishers, 1997.
Book Chapter
Greskovits, B.. "Leading Sectors and the Variety of Capitalism in Eastern Europe." In State and Society in Post-Socialist Economies, edited by J. Pickles, 2-46. Studies in central and eastern Europe. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Greskovits, B.. "The First Shall Be the Last? : Hungary's Road to EMU." In Enlarging the Euro area : external empowerment and domestic transformation in East Central Europe, edited by K. Dyson, 178-196. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
Greskovits, B.. "Beyond Transition : The Variety of Post-Socialist Development." In From liberal values to democratic transition : essays in honor of János Kis, edited by R. Dworkin, 201-225. Budapest: CEU Press, 2004.
Greskovits, B.. "Sectors, States, and the Paths of Post-Socialist Development." In Political Economy of Transition and Development : Institutions, Politics and Policies, edited by N. Campos and J. Fidrmuc, 99-120. Vol. 5. ZEI studies in European economics and law 5. Boston Dordrecht London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.
Greskovits, B.. "Economic Globalization and Racism in Eastern and Western Europe." In Europe’s New Racism : Causes, Manifestations and Solutions, edited by L. Nader, R. Pinxten and E. Preckler, 143-161. Culture and politics/politics and culture. Berghahn: Evens Foundation, 2002.
Greskovits, B.. "Brothers-in-Arms or Rivals in Politics? : Top Politicians and Top Policy Makers in the Hungarian Transformation." In Reforming the state : Fiscal and welfare reform in post socialist countries, edited by J. Kornai, S. Haggard and R. Kaufman, 111-141. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Greskovits, B.. "Rival Views of Post-Communist Market Society : The Path-Dependence of Transitology." In Democratic and Capitalist Transitions in Eastern Europe : Lessons for the Social Sciences, edited by M. Dobry, 19-49. Vol. 55. The GeoJournal library 55. Boston Dordrecht London: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000.
Greskovits, B.. "Hungary's Post-communist Development in Comparative Perspective." In Liberalization and its consequences : A comparative perspective on Latin America and Eastern Europe, edited by W. Baer and JL Love, 126-150. Cheltenham, UK: E. Elgar, 2000.
Greskovits, B.. "Versengő nézetek a kommunizmus utáni piaci társadalomról." In Mindannyiunkban van valami közös : Lányi Kamilla születésnapjára, edited by M. Laki, P. Pete and Vince P., 319-360. Budapest: Kopint-Datorg, 1999.
Greskovits, B.. "Kétarcú demokratikus kapitalizmus Magyarországon." In Magyarország Évtizedkönyve 1988-1998, edited by S. Kurtán, P. Sándor and Vass L., 42-56. Vol. 1. Budapest: Demokrácia Kutatások Magyar Központja Alapítvány, 1998.
Greskovits, B.. "Social responses to neoliberal reforms in Eastern Europe in the 1990s." In Inequality, Democracy, and Economic Development, edited by M. Midlarsky, 269-289. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.
Greskovits, B.. "Külföldi kereskedelmi reformprogramok és hatásuk a gazdaságra." In A nyitás gazdaságpolitikája : importliberalizálási tapasztalatok, edited by K. Lányi and J. Szabó, 11-59. Budapest: Kopint-Datorg, 1993.
Greskovits, B., and Z. Borszéki. "Hidak – de hová?" In Világkiállítás!, edited by G. Schamschula, 11-16. Budapest: Ikrek, 1989.
Greskovits, B.. "The Hungarian Credit Program to Stimulate Exports." In Investment System and Foreign Trade Implications in Hungary, edited by A. Rába and KE Schenk, 189-229. Vol. 38. Ökonomische Studien 38. Stuttgart and New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1987.
Greskovits, B.. "A "45 milliárdos" exportfejlesztő hitelprogram." In Beruházási rendszer, exportfejlesztés, importhelyettesítés : tanulmánykötet, edited by Konjunktúra- Piackutató Intézet és(Budapest), 19-42. Budapest: Kopint-Datorg, 1987.
Greskovits, B.. "A nyugati technológiapolitikák és a magyar iparpolitikai szemlélet." In "A világgazdasági környezet és a magyar gazdaság: tartós és változó irányzatok" c., a Magyar Közgazdasági Társaság közreműködésével szervezett tudományos ülésszakának részletes programja, edited by Konjunktúra- Piackutató és Intézet, 40-50. Budapest: Kopint-Datorg, 1987.
Journal Article
Bohle, D., and B. Greskovits. "Capitalist Diversity in Eastern Europe." economic sociology\_the european electronic newsletter (2007): 3.
Greskovits, B.. "Nemzetközi sarcmodor?" Liget : irodalmi és ökológiai folyóirat 7, no. 2 (1994): 91-95.
Miscellaneous
Greskovits, B.. Rival Views Of Postcommunist Market Society. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University. The Institute for European Studies, 1998.