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In developing a transnational approach to queer studies, the alleged binary between post-Soviet ―East‖ and the so-called ―West‖ has troubled and challenged this emerging discourse. Theorizing queerness within a post-Soviet framework requires what sociologist Francesca Stella refers to as ―alternative epistemologies‖ that foreground the question of visibility: how can queerness be understood in places that have historically and ideologically emphasized sexual invisibility? Considering this question alongside Michel Foucault's discussion of a discursive practice of sexuality as a product of modernity and capitalism, a more evocative issue emerges: how can sexuality be understood in spaces that have historically eschewed capitalist ideology? Moreover, how are sexual practices, including the structures of family and community, complicated in the wake of repressive political systems? As a response to these questions, this article explores literature's capacity to facilitate new dialogues for understanding queerness within a post-Soviet context. By building on the concepts of kinship and belonging, literature and participates in the development of alternative epistemologies for understanding queerness within post-Soviet spaces.

Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Politics of Canada-U.S. Trade in Forest Products -- 3 The Political Economy of Canada-U.S. Trade in Forest Products -- 4 Canadian Public Timber Pricing and the Great Subsidy Debate -- 5 Inter-Regional and Inter-Temporal Differences in North American Softwood Lumber Production Costs -- 6 Canada-U.S. Trade and the Product Mix of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Industry -- 7 The Legal Context of Canada-U.S. Trade in Forest Products.

AbstractWhile it is now well established in the literature that countries with better policies and institutions, as measured by theEconomic Freedom of the Worldindex, have better outcomes in terms of prosperity, growth, and measures of human well-being. However, we know little about the process of institutional reform – that is why and how country policies undergo major changes either upward or downward in their levels of economic freedom. This research attempts to provide a systematic overview of this process, by uncovering what the data really show about this transition process. Institutional declines occur more abruptly than institutional improvements, and free trade appears to be a key 'first mover' in cases of large institutional change.