SUSAN ECKSTEIN Professor of Sociology, Boston University, USAPHILIP HANSON Emeritus Professor of the Political Economy of Russia and Eastern Europe, University of Birmingham, UK; Associate Fellow, Chatham House, UKLAWRENCE P. KING Reader, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK; Fellow, Emmanuel College, UKSOYOUNG KWON North Korea Expert and Policy Advisor, European ParliamentNICK MANNING Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, UKSATOSHI MIZOBATA Professor and Vice-Director, University of Kyoto, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, JapanMARTIN MYANT Professor, Paisley Business School, University of Paisley, UKMARIO NUTI Professor of Comparative Economic Systems, University of Rome 'La Sapienza', ItalyDAVID OST Professor of Political Science, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, New York, USA; Visiting Professor, Central European University, Budapest, HungaryRUDI SCHMIDT Former Chair, Sociology of Work Committee, German Sociological Association, GermanyOVSEY SHKARATAN Professor, State University - Higher School of Economics, Moscow, RussiaDAVID STUCKLER Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UKPEGGY WATSON Senior Researcher, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge, UKSTEPHEN WHITE Professor, International Politics, and Senior Associate, School of Central and East European Studies, University of Glasgow, UKJEANNE L. WILSON Professor of Political Science, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, USA; Research Associate, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Research, Harvard University, USA