{"title":"Do reforms reduce corruption perceptions? Evidence from police reform in Ukraine","authors":"Grigore Pop-Eleches, Graeme Robertson","doi":"10.1080/1060586x.2024.2321833","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586x.2024.2321833","url":null,"abstract":"Corruption is a ubiquitous problem, but implementing serious anti-corruption measures is politically hard – the backlash from the corrupt is certain, but the broader political benefits are uncertai...","PeriodicalId":46960,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet Affairs","volume":"282 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140076389","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}
{"title":"God is not back: the long-term effects of Soviet secularism","authors":"Liu Peng","doi":"10.1080/1060586x.2024.2318988","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586x.2024.2318988","url":null,"abstract":"How effective was Soviet secularization and what is its long-term legacy? This paper investigates the lasting effects of Khrushchev’s Virgin Lands Campaign (1950s) on the current level of Orthodox ...","PeriodicalId":46960,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet Affairs","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139910013","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}
{"title":"Language shift in time of war: the abandonment of Russian in Ukraine","authors":"Volodymyr Kulyk","doi":"10.1080/1060586x.2024.2318141","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586x.2024.2318141","url":null,"abstract":"The article demonstrates an impressive shift from Russian to Ukrainian in war-time Ukraine. I rely on nationwide survey data from before and after February 2022 to analyze the scale and structure o...","PeriodicalId":46960,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet Affairs","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139751275","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}
{"title":"Redistributive policy and redistribution preferences: the effects of the Moscow redevelopment program","authors":"Israel Marques, Alexei Zakharov","doi":"10.1080/1060586x.2024.2315002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586x.2024.2315002","url":null,"abstract":"How does inclusion in social policy programs strengthen individuals’ support for redistribution, and lead to spillovers in support for future social policy programs? We study a unique dataset of 1,...","PeriodicalId":46960,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet Affairs","volume":"28 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139751062","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}
Vladimir Otrachshenko, Olga Popova, Nargiza Alimukhamedova
{"title":"Rainfall variability and labor allocation in Uzbekistan: the role of women’s empowerment","authors":"Vladimir Otrachshenko, Olga Popova, Nargiza Alimukhamedova","doi":"10.1080/1060586x.2024.2309822","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586x.2024.2309822","url":null,"abstract":"Employing a novel georeferenced household survey enriched with data on precipitation and temperature, this paper examines how rainfall variability affects individual labor supply in Uzbekistan, a h...","PeriodicalId":46960,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet Affairs","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139904128","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}
{"title":"There won’t be a free Belarus without a free Ukraine: motivations of Belarusian volunteers fighting for Ukraine in the Russo-Ukrainian war","authors":"Hana Josticova, Huseyn Aliyev","doi":"10.1080/1060586x.2024.2312768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586x.2024.2312768","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines mobilization motives of Belarusian volunteers participating in the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. With an objective to provide an additional explanation as to why individuals mobi...","PeriodicalId":46960,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet Affairs","volume":"216 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139751070","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}
{"title":"Our zona: the impact of decarceration and prison closure on local communities in Kazakhstan","authors":"Gavin Slade, Alexei Trochev","doi":"10.1080/1060586x.2024.2312081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586x.2024.2312081","url":null,"abstract":"How does the closure of prisons impact local communities where the prison is sited? The paper compares three prison closures in northern and central Kazakhstan through field observations, interview...","PeriodicalId":46960,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet Affairs","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139678180","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}
Lala Jumayeva, Aleksey Gunya, Mark Youngman, Lidia Kurbanova, Nino Kemoklidze
{"title":"Voices of the Caucasus: mapping knowledge production on the Caucasus region","authors":"Lala Jumayeva, Aleksey Gunya, Mark Youngman, Lidia Kurbanova, Nino Kemoklidze","doi":"10.1080/1060586x.2023.2289309","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586x.2023.2289309","url":null,"abstract":"There is growing recognition that diversity and representation matter to the intellectual health of fields and disciplines. This article takes stock of knowledge production on the Caucasus region, ...","PeriodicalId":46960,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet Affairs","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138580727","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}
{"title":"Presidential popularity and international crises: an assessment of the rally-‘round-the-flag effect in Russia","authors":"Margit Bussmann, Natalia Iost","doi":"10.1080/1060586x.2023.2280409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586x.2023.2280409","url":null,"abstract":"In times of severe international crises, the domestic public typically becomes more loyal to its government, creating a so-called “rally-'round-the-flag” effect and boosting a political leader’s po...","PeriodicalId":46960,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet Affairs","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138539773","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}
{"title":"Presidential popularity and international crises: an assessment of the rally-‘round-the-flag effect in Russia","authors":"Margit Bussmann, Natalia Iost","doi":"10.1080/1060586x.2023.2280409","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/1060586x.2023.2280409","url":null,"abstract":"In times of severe international crises, the domestic public typically becomes more loyal to its government, creating a so-called “rally-'round-the-flag” effect and boosting a political leader’s po...","PeriodicalId":46960,"journal":{"name":"Post-Soviet Affairs","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2023-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138539778","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}