<p>"This is an excellent and timely collection of essays, which I highly recommend. It is a truly collaborative project in which the authors address the same themes in different countries, and develop and apply analytical categories in different settings. These essays are based on serious primary research that combines the regional traditions of scholarship with disciplined social science methods and style. They introduce new concepts and ideas as well as propose new ways of analyzing social change. I am convinced that many of the arguments will be cited in the literature for years to come."<b>--Eva Fodor, Dartmouth College</b></p>