Captive University: The Sovietization Of — East G...

Scholars from Central European History and History of Education Quarterly have praised the book as a "pioneering" and "landmark" work for its use of newly opened archives and its complex, nuanced comparative method. Critics from ResearchGate note it provides a unique look at how "affirmative action" was used in Eastern Europe to reshape social classes through education.

In and Czechoslovakia , students whose institutions remained somewhat autonomous eventually spearheaded major reform movements in 1968 and 1989. Captive University: The Sovietization of East G...

: The degree of successful transformation varied significantly between the three nations. Scholars from Central European History and History of

: Underwent the most complete "Sovietization." Universities were purged of "bourgeois elements," and the student body was successfully shifted toward those from worker and peasant backgrounds. Captive University: The Sovietization of East G...