Pub Date : 2021-11-25DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2021.2006641
F. Trupia
{"title":"Ethnic cleansing during the Cold War. The forgotten 1989 expulsion of Turks from Communist Bulgaria","authors":"F. Trupia","doi":"10.1080/21599165.2021.2006641","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2021.2006641","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46570,"journal":{"name":"East European Politics","volume":"50 1","pages":"328 - 330"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84703156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-11-17DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2021.1989411
M. Seredina
ABSTRACT Party system nationalisation is regarded as a process that signifies democratic and party system development. This article extends understanding on the topic by studying the phenomenon in dominant party systems. Insofar as electoral autocracies have become the most common type of authoritarian regimes, the evolution of party system nationalisation in electoral autocracies is an important and promising field worthy of empirical study. Contrary to existing research, party system nationalisation in dominant party systems is not necessarily positively correlated with democratisation. Examining the interaction between the crystallisation of a dominant party and party system nationalisation, this article demonstrates that the former can increase the latter at the beginning of the dominant party's growth. Indeed, the dominant party can elevate the importance and operation of party labels, but not always coinciding with democratisation.
{"title":"Parties in Russia: party system nationalisation in dominant party systems","authors":"M. Seredina","doi":"10.1080/21599165.2021.1989411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2021.1989411","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Party system nationalisation is regarded as a process that signifies democratic and party system development. This article extends understanding on the topic by studying the phenomenon in dominant party systems. Insofar as electoral autocracies have become the most common type of authoritarian regimes, the evolution of party system nationalisation in electoral autocracies is an important and promising field worthy of empirical study. Contrary to existing research, party system nationalisation in dominant party systems is not necessarily positively correlated with democratisation. Examining the interaction between the crystallisation of a dominant party and party system nationalisation, this article demonstrates that the former can increase the latter at the beginning of the dominant party's growth. Indeed, the dominant party can elevate the importance and operation of party labels, but not always coinciding with democratisation.","PeriodicalId":46570,"journal":{"name":"East European Politics","volume":"16 1","pages":"208 - 226"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89585921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-11-05DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2021.1993191
M. Stojić
ABSTRACT This article examines how Eurosceptic parties in Serbia framed the issue of “Europe” in their discourse during times of crisis. It identifies three main frames through which the EU has been problematised: socio-economic, political and cultural ones. While political framing dominated the discourse, distinct domestic circumstances had an important bearing on how each party criticised the Union. Serbia's turbulent relationship with Western-based organisations and its status as a post-conflict and fragmented state greatly affected the way Eurosceptic parties portrayed the EU. At the same time, EU crises had a minor impact on party narratives in the Serbian context, suggesting that Eurosceptic party narratives in EU member states do not necessarily resonate with Eurosceptic parties outside the Union.
{"title":"Contesting the EU on the periphery in times of crisis: party-based Euroscepticism in Serbia","authors":"M. Stojić","doi":"10.1080/21599165.2021.1993191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2021.1993191","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article examines how Eurosceptic parties in Serbia framed the issue of “Europe” in their discourse during times of crisis. It identifies three main frames through which the EU has been problematised: socio-economic, political and cultural ones. While political framing dominated the discourse, distinct domestic circumstances had an important bearing on how each party criticised the Union. Serbia's turbulent relationship with Western-based organisations and its status as a post-conflict and fragmented state greatly affected the way Eurosceptic parties portrayed the EU. At the same time, EU crises had a minor impact on party narratives in the Serbian context, suggesting that Eurosceptic party narratives in EU member states do not necessarily resonate with Eurosceptic parties outside the Union.","PeriodicalId":46570,"journal":{"name":"East European Politics","volume":"56 1","pages":"358 - 381"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78759957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-20DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2021.1955676
M. Caiani
ABSTRACT In this article, we explore radical right mobilisation beyond the electoral arena, looking at its characteristics and forms, as well as intensity and related factors (such as the preferred targets and issues). Within a comparative study of four country cases in Central and Eastern Europe the analysis is carried out by drawing on two novel datasets: i. a protest event analysis of RR street mobilisation (from 2008 to 2016; for a total of 1040 events collected) and, ii. formalised web content analysis of more than 200 radical right websites. We provide a comprehensive overview of the recent developments in the action strategies of (Eastern European) RR movements, activists and party actors-- comparing them with offline and online RR mobilisation in Western Europe. Common trends but also specificities of the Eastern European arena of RR contention are unveiled.
{"title":"Between real and virtual: strategies of mobilisation of the radical right in Eastern Europe","authors":"M. Caiani","doi":"10.1080/21599165.2021.1955676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2021.1955676","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In this article, we explore radical right mobilisation beyond the electoral arena, looking at its characteristics and forms, as well as intensity and related factors (such as the preferred targets and issues). Within a comparative study of four country cases in Central and Eastern Europe the analysis is carried out by drawing on two novel datasets: i. a protest event analysis of RR street mobilisation (from 2008 to 2016; for a total of 1040 events collected) and, ii. formalised web content analysis of more than 200 radical right websites. We provide a comprehensive overview of the recent developments in the action strategies of (Eastern European) RR movements, activists and party actors-- comparing them with offline and online RR mobilisation in Western Europe. Common trends but also specificities of the Eastern European arena of RR contention are unveiled.","PeriodicalId":46570,"journal":{"name":"East European Politics","volume":"11 1","pages":"331 - 357"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87593595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-08-18DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2021.1965577
Christophe Lesschaeve, Josip Glaurdić
ABSTRACT Do voters in postwar societies punish corrupt politicians? Or are their electoral preferences distorted by their own or the candidates’ war pasts? We answer these questions by analysing the results of an experiment embedded in a survey of over seven thousand respondents from the countries of Southeast Europe that experienced armed conflict since the 1990s. Our findings show that voters in this region punish corruption harshly, yet are more likely to ignore it for politicians with a military service record. This tendency is, however, conditioned by voters’ partisanship and sense of war grievance.
{"title":"Condoning postwar corruption: how legacies of war prevent democratic accountability in contemporary Southeast Europe","authors":"Christophe Lesschaeve, Josip Glaurdić","doi":"10.1080/21599165.2021.1965577","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2021.1965577","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Do voters in postwar societies punish corrupt politicians? Or are their electoral preferences distorted by their own or the candidates’ war pasts? We answer these questions by analysing the results of an experiment embedded in a survey of over seven thousand respondents from the countries of Southeast Europe that experienced armed conflict since the 1990s. Our findings show that voters in this region punish corruption harshly, yet are more likely to ignore it for politicians with a military service record. This tendency is, however, conditioned by voters’ partisanship and sense of war grievance.","PeriodicalId":46570,"journal":{"name":"East European Politics","volume":"9 1","pages":"188 - 207"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-08-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74823117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-07-28DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2021.1955675
A. Favero
ABSTRACT The future of the European Union (EU) increasingly depends on the attitudes and opinions of its citizens. This article examines constructions of attitudes towards European integration among young residents living in urban centres in Poland. Work conducted in the field of European studies shows that territorial attachment and utilitarian approaches can shape attitudes towards the EU. Using a mixed-methods approach, this study analyses these social and political processes among 324 MA students living in five Polish cities. The results confirm a complex interaction of cost–benefit calculations and attachment-related mechanisms that shape support for EU integration within the sampled group.
{"title":"Political attitudes among the urban Polish youth: assessing the role of cities on support for the European Union","authors":"A. Favero","doi":"10.1080/21599165.2021.1955675","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2021.1955675","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The future of the European Union (EU) increasingly depends on the attitudes and opinions of its citizens. This article examines constructions of attitudes towards European integration among young residents living in urban centres in Poland. Work conducted in the field of European studies shows that territorial attachment and utilitarian approaches can shape attitudes towards the EU. Using a mixed-methods approach, this study analyses these social and political processes among 324 MA students living in five Polish cities. The results confirm a complex interaction of cost–benefit calculations and attachment-related mechanisms that shape support for EU integration within the sampled group.","PeriodicalId":46570,"journal":{"name":"East European Politics","volume":"39 1","pages":"144 - 164"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87987562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-06-17DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2021.1937136
Danijela Dolenec, Karlo Kralj, Ana Balković
ABSTRACT We establish features of political opportunity structures of Croatia and Serbia as parameters that help explain the strategies pursued by housing and anti-debt social movements in the two countries. Relying on the protest event analysis data for 2007–2017, we identify peaks in protest mobilisations and levels of disruptiveness. Furthermore, we analyse the actors' strategy of electoral contestation and compare it across cases. In Croatia, movement actors organised into political parties, while in Serbia, the electoral turn has remained fringe. We argue that this divergence can be explained by different levels of institutional openness to new challengers.
{"title":"Keeping a roof over your head: housing and anti-debt movements in Croatia and Serbia during the Great Recession","authors":"Danijela Dolenec, Karlo Kralj, Ana Balković","doi":"10.1080/21599165.2021.1937136","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2021.1937136","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We establish features of political opportunity structures of Croatia and Serbia as parameters that help explain the strategies pursued by housing and anti-debt social movements in the two countries. Relying on the protest event analysis data for 2007–2017, we identify peaks in protest mobilisations and levels of disruptiveness. Furthermore, we analyse the actors' strategy of electoral contestation and compare it across cases. In Croatia, movement actors organised into political parties, while in Serbia, the electoral turn has remained fringe. We argue that this divergence can be explained by different levels of institutional openness to new challengers.","PeriodicalId":46570,"journal":{"name":"East European Politics","volume":"31 5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-06-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83741054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-06-16DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2021.1937137
Nils Oellerich
ABSTRACT This article provides an examination of the reasons for recent government-promoted bank ownership changes in Hungary. The two-pronged qualitative analysis shows that developments in Hungary serve private interests without benefiting a broader coalition to boost domestic economic growth. The government politicises bank ownership in both a nationalist and a developmentalist manner; however, the re-distribution of ownership and the discretion over loan allocation benefits a group of actors unified not by their capacities to boost domestic development but their unequivocal loyalty to the government. In addition to equity concerns, these developments may well introduce considerable risk into the Hungarian banking sector.
{"title":"Promoting domestic bank ownership in Central and Eastern Europe: a case study of economic nationalism and rent-seeking in Hungary","authors":"Nils Oellerich","doi":"10.1080/21599165.2021.1937137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2021.1937137","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article provides an examination of the reasons for recent government-promoted bank ownership changes in Hungary. The two-pronged qualitative analysis shows that developments in Hungary serve private interests without benefiting a broader coalition to boost domestic economic growth. The government politicises bank ownership in both a nationalist and a developmentalist manner; however, the re-distribution of ownership and the discretion over loan allocation benefits a group of actors unified not by their capacities to boost domestic development but their unequivocal loyalty to the government. In addition to equity concerns, these developments may well introduce considerable risk into the Hungarian banking sector.","PeriodicalId":46570,"journal":{"name":"East European Politics","volume":"20 1","pages":"167 - 187"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81985686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-05-26DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2021.1929187
Hana Mravcová, Vratislav Havlík
ABSTRACT In 2017, the Slovak prime minister, Robert Fico, declared that he wanted to steer Slovakia into the core of European integration. Although Fico always supported European integration, he often came across as critical of the EU. This article tests various scenarios of preceding developments and finds the reasons that led to Fico's politicisation of Slovakia's European course. It argues that a large measure of pragmatism, combined with a weak ideological grounding, characterise Slovakia's European policy. As such, European policy is devoid of strong ideological roots or any elaborate long-term strategy, and serves pragmatic needs of the government currently in power.
{"title":"Pragmatism and support for the EU in Slovakia’s politics","authors":"Hana Mravcová, Vratislav Havlík","doi":"10.1080/21599165.2021.1929187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/21599165.2021.1929187","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In 2017, the Slovak prime minister, Robert Fico, declared that he wanted to steer Slovakia into the core of European integration. Although Fico always supported European integration, he often came across as critical of the EU. This article tests various scenarios of preceding developments and finds the reasons that led to Fico's politicisation of Slovakia's European course. It argues that a large measure of pragmatism, combined with a weak ideological grounding, characterise Slovakia's European policy. As such, European policy is devoid of strong ideological roots or any elaborate long-term strategy, and serves pragmatic needs of the government currently in power.","PeriodicalId":46570,"journal":{"name":"East European Politics","volume":"63 1","pages":"123 - 143"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2021-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84823024","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2021-03-31DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2021.1907351
Miklós Sebők, Kristin Makszin, J. Simons
ABSTRACT Despite the diffusion of the paradigm of central bank independence, there is still meaningful variation in the operating missions of central banks both across countries and over time. Through a detailed qualitative case study, this article develops the concept of the operating mission of the central bank and applies it to the case of the Hungarian National Bank (MNB) to provide a more complete understanding of mission shift. Our findings demonstrate the critical role of policy agency, as the central bank governors moulded the operating mission of the central bank, even in the face of dominant international norms.
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