Articles

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Entering a Systemic Revolution, Logos: a Journal of Modern Society (2009)

The collapse of the United States as the global hegemon constitutes a “systemic revolution” that...

 

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This is not the time to cut taxes, Christian Science Monitor (2009)

An opinion piece on tax cuts.

 

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Fairness Matters: Social Justice and Political Legitimacy in Post-Communist Europe (with James R. Kluegel), Europe-Asia Studies (2004)

Examines economic fairness as a factor in popular support for the political system in the...

 

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Fairness Matters: Equity and the Transition to Democracy, World Policy Journal (2004)

Highlights the effects of the transition of Eastern Europe and Russia from communism to democracy....

 

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Political involvement in transition: Who participated in Central and Eastern Europe? (with James Kluegel), International Journal of Comparative Sociology (1999)

Using surveys conducted in 1991, we find that western individual-level models of participation also largely...

 

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The Legitimation of Capitalism in the Postcommunist Transition: Public Opinion about Market Justice, 1991-1996 (with James Kluegel and Bernd Wegener), European Sociological Review (1999)

This paper examines change in economic justice attitudes in five former communist states (Bulgaria, the...

 

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Political Research in Martial Law Poland, IREX Frontline (1998)

In early 1981, at the height of the Solidarity revolution, I was accepted by lREX...

 

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Increasingly Fond Memories of a Grim Past (with Antal Orkeny and Svetlana Sidorenko-Stephenson), Transition (1997)

The economic and political transitions in post-communist Europe have been a resounding success in many...

 

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Public Opinion and the 1996 Elections in Russia: Nostalgic and Statist, Yet Pro-Market and Pro-Yeltsin, Slavic Review (1997)

Between 1991 and 1996 Russia underwent a precipitous economic and social decline with decreases in...

 

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Attitudes toward the Market and Political Participation in the Postcommunist States, Slavic Review (1995)

In the aftermath of the anti-communist revolutions of 1989-1991, the new governments in eastern Europe...

 

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Perestroika in Central Europe, The Sarmatian Review (1991)

Suggested course materials for Political Science 380, "Perestroika in Central Europe".

 

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Apathy and the Birth of Democracy: The Polish Struggle (with Daniel Nelson and Bohdan Szklarski), East European Politics and Societies (1991)

Political apathy is the lack of psychological involvement in public affairs, emotional detachment from civic...

 

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Perestroyka, Social Justice and Soviet Public Opinion (with Svetlana Sydorenko), Problems of Communism (1990)

Examines Mikhail Gorbachev's perspective of social justice that points to the unfairness of slothful workers'...

 

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Solidarity Enters the Fray, Christian Science Monitor (1989)

The recent agreements between the Polish government and the Solidarity-led opposition are path-breaking developments.

 

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Solidarity as a new social movement, Political Science Quarterly (1989)

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Public Opinion Reform in China (with Ken Colburn), Footnotes of the American Sociological Association (1989)

As the People's Republic of China shifts toward a more market-oriented economic system, it has...

 

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Glasnost, Perestroika and Eastern Europe, International Affairs (London) (1988)

Examines the correlation between economic and political changes in Russia and Eastern Europe. Impact of...

 

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Political Apathy in Poland (with Daniel Nelson), Studium Papers (1988)

Strikes in Poland during April and May 1988 demonstrate once again the stalemate confronting regime...

 

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Poland's new trade unions, Soviet Studies (1987)

With the declaration of martial law in December 1981 and the formal banning of Solidarity...

 

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Stalemate and Apathy in Poland, Current History (1985)

Focuses on the leadership of Polish Prime Minister General Wojciech Jaruzelski during the 1980s. Claims...

 

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The Polish Party in Crisis, Slavic Review (1984)

Over the last three years, the Polish United Workers' Party has suffered a major crisis,...

 

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Policy alternatives and political unrest in Poland, Journal of Politics (1983)

Presents a study which discussed the cause of unrest in Poland's political regime during the...

 

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Solidarity, the Regime and the Public, Soviet Studies (1983)

This paper examines the extent to which Solidarity acted as a link between the population...

 

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Membership of the Polish United Workers Party, Polish Review (1982)

The Polish United Workers' Party, like the CPSU, has faced a dilemma in its attempts...

 

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The Day Indianapolis Died (with Gary Kyxer-Sheeley), Indianapolis Monthly (1982)

If superpower push comes to shove, the Circle City ranks high on the first-strike list....

 

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Romanian Autonomy and Arms Control Policies, Arms Control (1982)

Romania has proved to be an interesting case study of the limits of autonomy within...

 

Books

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The End of the American Century (2008)

This compelling and persuasive book is the first to explore all of the interrelated aspects...

 

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Revolutionary Europe 1789-1989: Liberty, Equality, Solidarity (2004)

Highlighting the key events, ideas, and individuals that have shaped modern Europe, this fresh and...

 

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Marketing democracy: Changing opinion about inequality and politics in East Central Europe (with James Kluegel) (2000)

Using a rich set of data from public opinion surveys conducted in the European post-communist...

 

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Revolution and transition in East Central Europe (1996)

Revised and updated edition of: Revolution in East-Central Europe. 1992.

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Social justice and political change: Public opinion in capitalist and post-communist states (with James Kluegel and Bernd Wegener) (1995)

Until recent times, analysis and debate about economic and political justice did not involve research...

 

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Revolution in East Central Europe: The rise and fall of Communism and the Cold War (1992)

David S. Mason is professor of political science at Butler University. His publications include Public...

 

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Public opinion and political change in Poland, 1980-1982 (1985)

This book deals with the importance of public opinion in Poland at the time of...

 

Contributions to Books

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Poland: A Young Democracy (with Krzysztof Jasiewicz), Comparative Governance: Political Structure and Diversity Across the Globe (2007)

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Poland, Developments in East European Politics (1993)

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Public opinion in Poland's transition to market economy, Social Policy, Social Justice and Citizenship in Eastern Europe (1992)

Public opinion research has changed dramatically in the last ten years in Poland, in terms...

 

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Soviet Reforms and Eastern Europe: Implications for Poland, Economic Reform in Poland: The Aftermath of Martial Law 1981-1988 (1991)

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The Polish Parliament and Labor Legislation During Solidarity, Legislatures in the Policy Process (1991)

Parliaments in communist party states are usually treated in Western literature as "rubber stamp" institutions...

 

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Solidarity and the Greens: The Rise of New Social Movements in East and West Europe (with Betsy Crighton), Research in Social Movements, Conflict and Change (1986)

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Presentations

Winning Strategies from IR All-Stars (with Chad Bauman, Laura Behling, Jennifer Laherty, Brad Matthies, James McGrath, Mark Newton, Charles Watkinson, and David Stout), Digital Commons Events (2011)

Your faculty and students have been producing scholarly work for many years. Is it locked...