Stefan Peter Hedlund (born 20 December 1953) is a Swedish academic, an expert on Soviet and Communist studies/

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, and Professor of East European Studies at

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(since 1990). Currently he is also Research Director a
UCRS Centre for Russian and Eurasian Studies
He has published extensively on the Soviet economic system, Russian economic reform and the attempted transition to democracy and market economy. He earned his PhD in

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), Slavic Research Center (

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) and Stanford University. He also writes for ''World Review.''

Selected publications

*''Per-Arne Bodin, Stefan Hedlund, and Elena Namli (eds.). Power and Legitimacy: Challenges from Russia (

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, 2012). *''Invisible Hands, Russian Experience, and Social Science: Approaches to Understanding Systemic Failure'' (

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, 2011) *''Russia since 1980: Wrestling with Westernization'' (

, 2008), with

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*''Institutionell teori: ekonomiska aktörer, spelregler och samhällsnormer'' ( Studentlitteratur, 2007) *''Russian Path Dependence'' (

, 2005) *''Århundradets brott: historien om hur Jeltsins män plundrade Ryssland'' (Fischer, 2001) *''Russia's “Market” Economy: A Bad Case of Predatory Capitalism'' (

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, 1999) *''Rysslands ekonomiska reformer: en studie i politisk ekonomi'' (SNS, 1996), with Niclas Sundström *''The Baltic States and the end of the Soviet Empire'' (

, 1993), with Kristian Gerner *''Hur många Ryssland efter Sovjet?'' (Fischer, 1993) *''Ideology and Rationality in the Soviet Model. A Legacy for Gorbachev'' (

, 1989), with Kristian Gerner *''Private Agriculture in the Soviet Union'' (

, 1989) *''Öststatsekonomi'' (Dialogos, 1986) *''Crisis in Soviet Agriculture?'' (1983)

References

External links

Personal website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hedlund, Stefan Swedish economists Institutional economists Academic staff of Uppsala University Academic staff of Lund University 1953 births Living people