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The Framing of the “Desolate” in Czech Nationwide Media 捷克国家媒体对“荒凉”的建构

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0019

Michaela Fikejzová, Martin Charvát

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From Respect to Nazi Allusions: The Changing Emotional Climates of Fidesz Towards Germany after 1990 从对纳粹典故的尊重:1990年后青民盟对德国情绪的变化

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0024

András Hettyey

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Frames and sentiments of the Twitter communication by German Chancellor Scholz during the Russian invasion of Ukraine 俄罗斯入侵乌克兰期间，德国总理肖尔茨在推特上交流的框架和情绪

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0028

Stefan Nisch

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The Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry in the Austrian National Council – Influence and Impact from the Perspective of the Austrian National Council Members 奥地利国家委员会的议会调查委员会——从奥地利国家委员会成员的角度看其影响和影响

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0026

Matthias Keppel

{"title":"The Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry in the Austrian National Council – Influence and Impact from the Perspective of the Austrian National Council Members","authors":"Matthias Keppel","doi":"10.2478/pce-2023-0026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0026","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Committees of inquiry in the Austrian National Council gained a significant upgrade through a reform in 2015: for the first time, a parliamentary minority can now demand the establishment of a committee of inquiry. This reform meant not only a strengthening of control rights, but also an increase in parliamentary investigations in Austria. The aim of this article is to shed light on the parliamentary perspective and to deepen the understanding of investigative committees. In this way, it is to be shown which potentials, but also weaknesses, can be found in the investigative instrument from the MPs’ point of view. A first-time survey of members of committees of inquiry showed that the perceptions of the reform and the democratic benefits differed greatly between the governing party ÖVP and the opposition party SPÖ. The increasing polarisation of the political debate also led to a further divergence in the approval or rejection of the investigative instrument. These developments may not only result in a weakening of the investigative instrument, but also directly challenge parliamentary democracy.","PeriodicalId":37403,"journal":{"name":"Politics in Central Europe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135587786","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Parent empowerment can change media education 家长授权可以改变媒体教育

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0021

Mateja Rek

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Struggle against Disinformation in the Czech Republic: Treading the Water 捷克共和国反对虚假信息的斗争:踩水

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0017

Ladislav Cabada

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Does the state of emergency create an opportunity for democratic erosion? Lessons from post-communist Central and Southeast Europe 紧急状态是否为侵蚀民主创造了机会?后共产主义中欧和东南欧的教训

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0029

Dušan Pavlović

{"title":"Does the state of emergency create an opportunity for democratic erosion? Lessons from post-communist Central and Southeast Europe","authors":"Dušan Pavlović","doi":"10.2478/pce-2023-0029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0029","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The paper’s key puzzle is the variation in lockdown-related democratic decline in the region of Central and Southeast Europe given the incumbents’ ideological and regime (dis)similarity. Why did similar regimes not respond to the pandemic in the same manner by using the opportunity to grab more executive power and diminish the authority of other institutions? While some argue that a state of emergency provides an ideal opportunity for democratic decline due to reduced costs, others believe that autocratic regimes with a ‘pre-existing condition for autocracy’ are more vulnerable. To contribute to this discussion, I examine three examples from post-communist Central and Southeast Europe (Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia) during the pandemic-related state of emergency and lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. I consider several relevant factors, the most important of which is the prospect of winning the next election. To erode democracy, autocratic incumbents must feel insecure about the outcome of the next election to use the opportunity created by the state of emergency. If they are uncertain of victory, they may prefer to expand their executive powers during the state of emergency, thus undermining democracy.","PeriodicalId":37403,"journal":{"name":"Politics in Central Europe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135587781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Populism, Media Messaging, and Media Literacy 民粹主义、媒体信息和媒体素养

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0022

Matevž Tomšič

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Challenges and Opportunities of Leading Different Generations – the Case of Slovenia 领导不同世代的挑战与机遇——以斯洛文尼亚为例

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0020

Marina Pajić Ivanović, Janez Kolar

{"title":"Challenges and Opportunities of Leading Different Generations – the Case of Slovenia","authors":"Marina Pajić Ivanović, Janez Kolar","doi":"10.2478/pce-2023-0020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0020","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Leadership, as the most important function of management, involves dealing with people and interpersonal aspects through motivating, achieving better productivity, people’s satisfaction, a favourable working climate and a balance of effectiveness and efficiency, with the aim of achieving the organization’s goals in a changing environment. Now that in modern management the focus is on soft variables and people, their needs and desires, the question arises what are the challenges and opportunities of leading different generations in a business environment that differ from each other in their values, attitudes and behaviours? The authors will analyse the above through three components of leadership, motivation, leadership styles and communication. There are currently four generations in the working population: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y and Generation Z. If the consideration is extended to top management at the national level and to political leadership, it is expected that the challenges and opportunities of leading different generations are even more complex, because the working population is joined by the Traditionalist generation, which is retired, but also by the Alpha generation, whose entry into the working population expected in a few years. Additionally, political leadership encompasses a nation’s entire populace as well as all of its social issues in an indirect manner. In addition to generational differences, leadership is also faced with the challenge of a changing environment, which is quite unstable nowadays and thus poses an even greater challenge to leadership.","PeriodicalId":37403,"journal":{"name":"Politics in Central Europe","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135389434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Spatial Distance and Representation in Closed PR List: Revisiting the U-Curve Argument 封闭PR表中的空间距离与表征:重新审视u曲线论证

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0023

Dejan Bursać, Dušan Radujko

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