Venelin I. Ganev

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Venelin I. Ganev is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of Government and International Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA; and a Member of the Advisory Board at the Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia, Bulgaria. He holds a PhD in political science, received at the University of Chicago in 2000. His dissertation was entitled "Preying on the State: Political Capitalism after Communism." His research interests include East-European, Balkan, and Russian politics and history; transitions to democracy; theories of state formation; democratic theory; constitutionalism and the rule of law in Europe; and ethnic politics in contemporary European context. His most recent publications are "The Dorian Gray Effect: Winners as State Breakers in Postcommunism," Communist and Postcommunist Studies, March 2001; "The Separation of Party and State as a Logistical Problem: A Glance at the Causes of State Weakness in Postcommunism," East European Politics and Societies, January 2001; "Ethnic Reconciliation and State Weakness in Postcommunism," in: Henry Carey, ed., Ethnic Reconciliation in Eastern Europe (New York: Columbia University Press) forthcoming, 2001; and "Constitutional Engineering in Bulgaria," in: Jan Zielonka, ed., Constitutional Engineering in Eastern Europe (Oxford: Oxford University Press) forthcoming, 2001.