1st Edition
The Politics of the Pandemic in Eastern Europe and Eurasia Blame Game and Governance
Introduction. Facing the Global Pandemic: Regimes, Governance, and Post-Communism
1. (No) Blame for the Crisis: COVID-19 Sceptics and Political Support in Central-Eastern Europe During COVID-19
Margarita Zavadskaya and Valeria Caras
2. Legislative Advantages of Multiple Crises in the Europe In-Between
Katalin Miklóssy
3. State-Building, The EU, and the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Making of Healthcare Reform in Ukraine
Ryhor Nizhnikau
4. Bad Governance in Times of Exogenous Shocks: The Case of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Russia
Vladimir Gel’man
5. Authoritarian Responses to Protest Participation During COVID-19: The Russian Case
Eemil Mitikka
6. Survival and Adaptation of Small Business in Russia: A Double Blow of Bad Governance and the Pandemic
Diana Kurtametova and Anna Tarasenko
7. Protest as an Appeal: How and Why Russians Struggled with Vaccinations in 2021
Aleksandra Rumiantseva, Alexandra Arkhipova, Irina Kozlova and Boris Peigin
8. The State Failing People’s Expectations: Resentment at the Pandemic Policy in Belarus and Kazakhstan
Kristiina Silvan and Shugyla Kilybayeva
9. The COVID-19 Pandemic and The Performative State in Uzbekistan
Mirzokhid Karshiev and Kristiina Silvan
Biography
Margarita Zavadskaya is a senior research fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) and researcher at the Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki. She obtained her doctoral degree in social and political sciences from the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence, Italy.
