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Populist attitudes in Croatia: first analysis with notes on conceptualisation and measurement 克罗地亚的民粹主义态度：关于概念化和衡量的第一次分析

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0007

Vuksan-Ćusa Bartul

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Ostalgy in Flux? Transformations of the concept reflected in the case of (East) Germany 变化中的记忆?概念的转变反映在(东)德国的例子中

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0003

Petr Körfer

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‘Sympathy for the Devil?’ McDonald’s between imperialism and the building of post-Yugoslav Serbian identity “同情魔鬼?”帝国主义和后南斯拉夫塞尔维亚身份的建立之间的麦当劳

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0005

Laurent Tournois

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Cui prodest? Why local governance came to a deadlock in Hungary 崔刺激吗?匈牙利的地方治理为何陷入僵局

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0002

László Kákai, I. Kovács

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The Populist Discourse of the Hungarian Prime Minister: The Case Study of Gyöngyöspata and Migration Crisis 匈牙利总理的民粹主义话语——以Gyöngyöspata与移民危机为例

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0001

Tofig Ismayilzada

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Poor communication and weak coordination: Why is the development cooperation fragmented and international commitments to make it more efficient not working? 沟通不畅、协调不力:为什么发展合作是碎片化的，为什么提高发展合作效率的国际承诺没有发挥作用?

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0008

Šárka Waisová

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What Explains Party Membership in Post-Yugoslav Countries: Socialism, Nationalism, Clientelism or False Reporting? 如何解释后南斯拉夫国家的党性:社会主义、民族主义、裙带主义还是虚假报道?

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2023-0004

Dario Nikić Čakar, Goran Čular

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A correlation of the measurement techniques and their outputs in the study of the subnational level of politics 国家以下层级政治研究中测量技术及其产出的相关性

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2022-0023

V. Hnatiuk, Svitlana Bula

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Does hatred rule political communication on social media? How do politicians talk about the EU on Facebook, and how do their followers react? 仇恨统治着社交媒体上的政治交流吗？政客们如何在脸书上谈论欧盟，他们的追随者如何反应？

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2022-0021

K. Böhmer

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Power and powerlessness of the civil society in Hungarian illiberal democracy between 2010–2022 2010-2022年匈牙利非自由民主国家公民社会的权力与无能为力

Politics in Central Europe Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.2478/pce-2022-0022

V. Havasi

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