ANDREW GAMBLEis Professor of Politics at the University of Cambridge, UK, and a Fellow of Queens’ College. His latest book isThe Spectre at the Feast. He is joint editor ofThe Political Quarterlyand a Fellow of the British Academy. DAVID LANEis Emeritus Reader in Sociology at the University of Cambridge, UK. His has recently completed a Leverhulme Trust research project on the transformation of state socialism. His latest books includeRevolution in the Modern World(co-editor with John Foran and Andreja Zivkovic) andThe Transformation of State Socialism.