Alexander Kentikelenis
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Book under contract
Austerity without Safety Net: Social Protection and Structural Adjustment. Under contract with Oxford University Press.
        
Peer-reviewed publications
2020
  • Babb, S., and A. Kentikelenis. 2020. “Markets everywhere: The Washington Consensus and the Sociology of Global Institutional Change.” Annual Review of Sociology. In press.
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  • Kentikelenis, A., and E. Voeten. 2020. “Legitimacy Challenges to the Liberal World Order: Evidence from United Nations Speeches, 1970-2018.” Review of International Organizations. Online first.
    • Open access.
    • Data public on the article webpage.
  • Stubbs, T., W. Kring, C. Laskaridis, A. Kentikelenis and K. Gallagher. 2020. “Whatever it Takes? The Global Financial Safety Net, Covid-19, and Developing Countries.” World Development. Online first.
    • Open access.
    • Data public through http://imfmonitor.org.
  • Shriwise, A., A. Kentikelenis, and D. Stuckler. 2020. “Universal Social Protection: Is it just talk?” Sociology of Development. Online first.
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  • Reinsberg, B., A. Kentikelenis, and T. Stubbs. 2020. “Taxing the People, Not Trade: The International Monetary Fund and the Structure of Taxation in Developing Countries.” Studies in Comparative International Development. Online first.
    • Open access.
    • Over 1,000 accesses in 3 months since publication.
            
2019
  • Kentikelenis, A. and S. Babb. 2019. “The Making of Neoliberal Globalization: Norm Substitution and the Politics of Clandestine Institutional Change.” American Journal of Sociology. 124(6): 1720-1762.
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    • Charles Tilly Award for Best Article in Comparative-Historical Sociology, American Sociological Association (2020).
    • Best Article in Global and Transnational Sociology Award, American Sociological Association (2020).
  • Reinsberg, B., A. Kentikelenis, T. Stubbs, and L. King. 2019. "The World System and the Hollowing-out of State Capacity: How Structural Adjustment Programs Impact Bureaucratic Quality in Developing Countries." American Journal of Sociology. 124(4): 1222-1257.
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  • Kentikelenis, A. and C. Rochford. 2019. “Power Asymmetries in Global Governance for Health: A Conceptual Framework for Analysing the Political-Economic Determinants of Health Inequities.” Globalization & Health. 15(S1, 70): 1-10.
    • Open access.
    • Most read article in its special issue (as of June 2020).
    • Over 2,000 accesses in 6 months since publication.
  • Reinsberg, B., A. Kentikelenis, and T. Stubbs. "Creating Crony Capitalism: Neoliberal Globalization and the Fuelling of Corruption." Socio-Economic Review. Online first.
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  • Forster, T., A. Kentikelenis, T. Stubbs, and L. King. "Globalization and Health Equity: The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs in Developing Countries." Social Science & Medicine. Online first.
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  • Forster, T., A. Kentikelenis, B. Reinsberg, T. Stubbs, and L. King. 2019. "How Structural Adjustment Programs Affect Inequality: A Disaggregated Analysis of IMF Conditionality, 1980–2014." Social Science Research. 80: 83-113.
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  • Daoud, A., B. Reinsberg, A. Kentikelenis, T. Stubbs, and L. King. 2019. "The International Monetary Fund's Interventions in Food and Agriculture: An Analysis of Loans and Conditions." Food Policy. 83: 204-218.
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    • Data public on the article webpage.
  • Reinsberg, B., T. Stubbs, A. Kentikelenis, and L. King. 2019. "The Political Economy of Labor Market Deregulation during IMF Interventions." International Interactions. 45(3): 532-559.
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  • Reinsberg, B., A. Kentikelenis, T. Stubbs, and L. King. “Bad Governance: How Privatization Increases Corruption in the Developing World.” Regulation & Governance. Online first.
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2018
  • Kentikelenis, A. 2018. "The Social Aftermath of Economic Disaster: Karl Polanyi, Countermovements in Action, and the Greek Crisis." Socio-Economic Review. 16(1): 39-59.
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    • "Editor's Choice" article, freely available.
    • Early career award, Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), 2016.
    • Honorable mention, 2013 Political Economy and Welfare Paper Competition, Council for European Studies.
  • Stubbs, T., A. Kentikelenis, B. Reinsberg, and L. King. 2018. "How to Evaluate the Effects of IMF Conditionality: An Extension of Quantitative Approaches and an Empirical Application to Public Education Spending." Review of International Organizations. Online first.
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  • Stubbs, T. and A. Kentikelenis. 2018. "Conditionality and Sovereign Debt: An Overview of Human Rights Implications," in Sovereign Debt and Human Rights, edited by I. Bantekas and C. Lumina. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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  • Forster, T., A. Kentikelenis, and C. Bambra. 2018. Health Inequalities in Europe: Setting the Stage for Progressive Policy Action. Brussels: Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) & Think-tank for Action on Social Change (TASC).
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  • Kentikelenis, A. In press. "Intersecting Crises: Migration, the Economy and the Right to Health in Europe." European Journal of Public Health. 28 (Suppl. 5): 61-62.
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  • Babb, S. and A. Kentikelenis. 2018. "International Financial Institutions as Agents of Neoliberalism," in The SAGE Handbook of Neoliberalism, edited by D. Cahill, M. Cooper, M. Konings, and D. Primrose. Thousand Oaks: SAGE.
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  • Bozorgmehr, K., M. Samuilova, R. Petrova-Benedict, and A. Kentikelenis. 2018. "Health Service Provision for Refugees and Asylum Seekers during a Time of Crisis: A Scoping Study of Six European Union Countries." Health Policy.
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2017
  • Kentikelenis, A. and L. Seabrooke. 2017. "The Politics of the World Polity: Script-Writing in International Organizations." American Sociological Review. 82(5): 1065-1092.
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  • Kentikelenis, A. 2017. "Structural Adjustment and Health: A conceptual framework and evidence on pathways." Social Science & Medicine. 187: 296-305.
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  • Stubbs, T.  and A. Kentikelenis. 2017. “Targeted Social Safeguards in the Age of Universal Social Protection: the IMF and Health Systems of Low-Income Countries.” Critical Public Health. 28(2): 132-139. 
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  • Thomson, M., T. Stubbs, and A. Kentikelenis. 2017. "Structural Adjustment Programmes Adversely Affect Vulnerable Populations: A Systematic-narrative Review of their Effect on Child and Maternal Health." Public Health Reviews. 38(13): 1-18.
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  • Daoud, A., E. Nosrati, B. Reinsberg, A. Kentikelenis, T. Stubbs, and L. King. 2017. "Impact of International Monetary Fund Programs on Child Health." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(25): 6492-6497.
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  • Stubbs, T., and A. Kentikelenis. "International Financial Institutions and Human Rights: Implications for Public Health." Public Health Reviews. 38(27): 1-17.
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2016
  • Kentikelenis, A., T. Stubbs, and L. King. 2016. "IMF Conditionality and Development Policy Space, 1985-2014," Review of International Political Economy. 23(4): 534-582.
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    • Data public through http://imfmonitor.org.
    • Lead article.
    • Wide international media coverage (incl. by The Guardian and the Washington Post).
  • Stubbs, T., A. Kentikelenis, D. Stuckler, M. McKee, and L. King. 2016. "The Impact of IMF Conditionality on Government Health Expenditure: A Cross-national Analysis of 16 West African Nations." Social Science & Medicine. 174: 220-227.
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    • Authors' reply: “The IMF and Government Health Expenditure.” Social Science & Medicine. 181. click for pdf.
  • Kentikelenis, A. and A. Shriwise. 2016. "International Organizations and Migrant Health in Europe," Public Health Reviews. 37(19): 1-20.
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  • Karanikolos, M., and A. Kentikelenis. 2016. "Health Inequalities after Austerity in Greece," International Journal for Equity in Health. 15(83): 1-3.
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  • Stubbs, T., A. Kentikelenis, and L. King. 2016. "Catalyzing Aid? The IMF and Donor Behavior in Aid Allocation." World Development. 78: 511-528.
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2015
  • Kentikelenis, A., M. Karanikolos, G. Williams, P. Mladovsky, L. King, A. Pharris, J.E. Suk, A. Hatzakis, M. McKee, T. Noori, and D. Stuckler. 2015. "How do Economic Crises Affect Migrant Health? A systematic-narrative review." European Journal of Public Health. 25(6): 937-944.
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  • Kentikelenis, A. 2015. “Bailouts, Austerity, and the Erosion of Health Coverage in Southern Europe and Ireland.” European Journal of Public Health. 25(3): 365-366.
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  • Kentikelenis, A., T. Stubbs, and L. King. 2015. “Structural Adjustment and Public Spending on Health: Evidence from IMF Programs in Low-Income Countries.” Social Science & Medicine. 126: 169-176. 
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2014
  • Kentikelenis, A., M. Karanikolos, A. Reeves, M. McKee, and D. Stuckler. 2014. “Greece’s Health Crisis: From Austerity to Denialism.” The Lancet 383(9918): 748-753.
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    • Authors' reply: “Austerity and health in Greece.” The Lancet. 383(9928). click for pdf.
    • Wide international media coverage (incl. by The Guardian, and the Associated Press).
  • Kentikelenis, A., L. King, M. McKee, and D. Stuckler. 2014. “The International Monetary Fund and the Ebola Outbreak.” The Lancet Global Health. 3(2): e69-e70.
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    • Wide international media coverage (incl. by Reuters, Associated Press, the BBC, Al Jazeera, Russia Today, Vice, The Independent, Le Monde, and El País).
  • Economou, C., D. Kaitelidou, A. Kentikelenis, A. Sissouras, and A. Maresso. 2014. “The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Health and the Health System in Greece.” WHO / European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies Case Study. 
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Before 2014
  • Kentikelenis, A., and I. Papanicolas. 2012. “Economic Crisis, Austerity and the Greek Public Health System.” European Journal of Public Health 22(1). click for pdf.
  • Kentikelenis, A., M. Karanikolos, I. Papanicolas, S. Basu, M. McKee, and D. Stuckler. 2011. “Health Effects of Financial Crisis: Omens of a Greek Tragedy.” The Lancet 378(9801).
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    • Authors' reply: Kentikelenis, A., et al. 2012. “Health and the Financial Crisis in Greece.” The Lancet 379(9820). click for pdf.
    • Wide international media coverage (incl. by The New York Times, The Guardian, BBC and Reuters).
    • Reprinted in S. Shea, R. Wynyard, and C. Lionis. (eds). 2014. Providing Compassionate Healthcare. London: Routledge.
  • Couloumbis, T., and A. Kentikelenis. 2007. “Greek–Turkish Relations and the Kantian Democratic Peace Theory.” Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 7(4). 
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    • Lead article
Selected publications
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The Making of Neoliberal Globalization:
Norm Substitution and the Politics of Clandestine Institutional Change


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The World System and the Hollowing-out of State Capacity in Developing Countries

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The Politics of
World Polity:
Script-writing in International Organizations


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The Social Aftermath of Economic Disaster: Karl Polanyi, Counter-movements in Action, and the Greek Crisis

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Bad Governance:
How Privatization Increases Corruption


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How to Evaluate
the Effects of
IMF Conditionality


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Structural Adjustment and Health:
A Conceptual Framework and Evidence on Pathways


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IMF Conditionality and Development Policy Space,
​1985-2014


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Catalyzing Aid?
​The IMF and Donor Behavior in Aid Allocation


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Targeted Social Safeguards in the Age of Universal Social Protection

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Greece’s Health Crisis: From Austerity to Denialism

E-mail:    alexander.kentikelenis [at] unibocconi.it
Address:   Bocconi University, Office 3.C1.06
           Via Roentgen 1, Milan 20136, Italy

Telephone: +44 (0)759 3212 319
Twitter:   @kentikelenis

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