"While the book is a must read for scholars of postsocialism, it will also be of interest to economic sociologists and scholars and students of globalization, capital mobility and foreign investment, economic change, and economic development."
Christy M. Glass, Labour "Nina Bandelj has produced an outstanding piece of work on the postsocialist transformation in Eastern and Central Europe... The theoretical arguments ... Read moreare sophisticated and nuanced, and the empirical research behind them is outstanding. I commend the book to anyone interested in the structure of markets, the processes underlying foreign direct investment, and the processes of globalization more generally. It will be essential reading not only to those interested in postsocialist transitions but also to economic sociologists in general and to anyone interested in the social construction of markets."
Doug Guthrie, Administrative Science Quarterly "Nina Bandelj's first book is powerful and persuasive. Its strength comes from the author's personal involvement with the subject matter... The book contributes significantly to the literature on postsocialist transformation and builds upon well-known themes that have been developed since the 1990s to analyze the deep changes of the current decade... Definitely, this is a must read for both graduate students who are approaching the study of economic geography, economic sociology, globalization, and Eastern European studies and established scholars who are working on postsocialist transformation."
Christian Sellar, Economic Geography Show Less