Abby Innes
| Abby Innes | |
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 Abby-Innes-2025.webp Dr. Abby Innes in 2025, during her presentation about "Neoliberalism: A Soviet nightmare." | |
| Born | October 1, 1968 |
| 🎓 Alma mater | London School of Economics |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Comparison of Neoliberalism and Soviet political economy |
| 🌐 Website | www |
Abby Innes (born October 1968) is a British political economist and Associate Professor of Political Economy at the European Institute of the London School of Economics (LSE).[1][2] She is a prominent critic of contemporary neoliberalism, arguing that its theoretical foundations share structural flaws with Leninism.[3]
Education
Innes earned her undergraduate degree and PhD from the LSE.[4] Her doctoral thesis, supervised by Brendan O'Leary, focused on the dissolution of the Czechoslovak state.[2] She was a Visiting Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) from 1995 to 1997.[2]
Academic career
Innes joined the LSE faculty in 1997.[4] Her career was notably marked by a hiatus between 2005 and 2009 due to a serious illness, from which she successfully recovered to return to full-time research and teaching.[2] In 2017, she was awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship.[2] Her teaching excellence has been recognized with the LSE/ASRC Excellence in Education Award in 2020.[2]
Research and key arguments
The "Late Soviet" Comparison
Innes's 2023 book, Late Soviet Britain, argues that modern British governance has adopted the same "ideological closure" seen in the late Soviet Union.[5] She contends that just as Soviet planners were blinded by Marxist-Leninist dogma, neoliberal reformers are blinded by neoclassical economic models that ignore complex social realities, leading to systemic institutional decay.[3][6]
The Green Transition
Innes has been vocal regarding the "Green Transition," arguing that the neoliberal state lacks the necessary industrial capacity to manage the climate crisis.[7] She advocates for a return to robust state planning and public investment to meet decarbonization targets, criticizing current reliance on private market incentives as insufficient.[7]
Selected bibliography
Books
- Czechoslovakia: The Short Goodbye (Yale University Press, 2001). ISBN 978-0300090635.[2]
- Late Soviet Britain: Why Materialist Utopias Fail (Cambridge University Press, 2023). ISBN 978-1009383387.[3]
Journal articles
- "The Political Economy of State Capture in Central Europe," Journal of Common Market Studies (2014).[2]
- "The New Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition and the Neoliberal State," Political Quarterly (2010).[2]
- "Party Competition in Post-Communist Europe," Comparative Politics (2002).[2]
References
- ↑ "Abby INNES personal appointments". GOV.UK Company Information Service. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 "Dr Abby Innes". London School of Economics. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Late Soviet Britain". Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Dr Abby Innes MyEI 30th Anniversary". LSE European Institute. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- ↑ "Abby Innes, "Late Soviet Britain"". New Books Network. 2023-09-11. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- ↑ "Abby Innes". Institute of Art and Ideas. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "The Green Transition and the Neoliberal State". LSE Blogs. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
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