Jack Bielasiak

Phone:

(812) 855-5662

Email:

bielasia@iu.edu

Department:

Core Faculty

Campus:

IU Bloomington

Jack Bielasiak is a specialist in comparative politics. His major research emphasis is on the transformation of communist societies and the entry of Poland into the European Union. His research in this field has focused on political participation and decision-making processes. He is currently working on the manuscript Reading Post- Communism: Elections and Party Systems in Transitions. In 2004, he served as the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Central European, East European, and Russian Studies at Warsaw University.