Papers by Jody LaPorte
Slavic Review, 2011
In this review essay, Jody LaPorte and Danielle N. Lussier examine the “legacies” paradigm domina... more In this review essay, Jody LaPorte and Danielle N. Lussier examine the “legacies” paradigm dominating postcommunist scholarship in the social sciences. The legacies paradigm has produced a growing list of factors that qualify as historical antecedents to contemporary outcomes without establishing a set of shared standards to guide comparative analysis. Scholars have paid less attention to developing a conceptual definition of legacy, thereby limiting our ability to evaluate the importance of historical factors versus more proximate causes. This critique presents a thoughtful analysis of the communist legacy, develops a typology that can be used to categorize legacy variables for meaningful comparison, and brings the concept into discussion with the broader literature on historical institutions and path dependency. By suggesting tools to aid comparative study, LaPorte and Lussier’s goal is to stimulate both conceptual and empirical analysis in evaluating the effect of communism on co...
Open Letters & Public Appeals by Jody LaPorte
by Andreas Umland, Vitaly Chernetsky, Katerina Sviderska, Nataliia Goshylyk, Nadiia Koval, Ada Wordsworth, Bohdana Kurylo, Viktoria (Viktoriya) Sereda, Oleksandr Zabirko, Jody LaPorte, and Otari Gulbani The Guardian, 2024
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Papers by Jody LaPorte
Open Letters & Public Appeals by Jody LaPorte