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Comparative Opportunities: The Evolving Study of Political Behavior in Eastern Europe
              As the theoretical rationale (and funding opportunities!) for considering Eastern Europe
as a distinct region diminish as we move farther away from the momentous events of
1989, the value of including East-Central European countries in comparative studies has
only increased. This article outlines how comparative studies of political behavior
involving East-Central European countries have evolved in the author’s own research
from comparative studies including Russia along with four East European countries, to
more broadly based comparative studies including multiple East European countries and
former Soviet Republics, to studies where behavior is analyzed in both East European
countries and more established democracies, and finally to large cross-national studies
focused on questions related to post-communist politics (namely, the legacy of communism
on post-communist attitudes and behavior) but relying on the comparative
analysis of survey data from countries around the world. In a way, the research has come
full circle, from studies of East European political behavior to better understand East
European political behavior, to studies including East European countries to better
understand general questions of political behavior not specific to post-communist countries,
to now the most extensive comparative studies that are, however, designed once
again to better understand East European political attitudes and behavior.            
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