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Femininity in a Lithuanian Prison: A Case Study of Incarcerated Women in Lithuania 立陶宛监狱中的女性气质：立陶宛被监禁妇女的个案研究

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251358839

Artūras Tereškinas, Rūta Vaičiūnienė

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Displaced Borderlands: Civilizational Belonging in the Narratives of Kharkiv Residents Relocated to the European Union after February 2022 流离失所的边疆：2022年2月后移居欧盟的哈尔科夫居民叙事中的文明归属

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-07-21 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251347670

Tatiana Zhurzhenko

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The Perils (and Promise) of German Colonization: Civilizational Hierarchies and Anxieties in Nineteenth-Century Romania 德国殖民的危险（和希望）：19世纪罗马尼亚的文明等级和焦虑

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251355736

Andrei Sorescu

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Introduction: Colonial Anxieties, Corruption Scandals, and Xenophobia in Nineteenth-Century Infrastructure Development in Romania 19世纪罗马尼亚基础设施发展中的殖民焦虑、腐败丑闻和仇外心理

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-07-08 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251352114

Silvia Marton, Andrei Sorescu

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Anti-Semitism at the Intersection of Corruption and Colonialism: Continuities of Political Rhetoric in Romania from the Nineteenth Century to the Interwar Period 反犹主义在腐败和殖民主义的交叉点：政治修辞的连续性在罗马尼亚从19世纪到两次世界大战期间

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251352116

Raul Cârstocea

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Shades of Dependency and the Discourse on “Corruption”: Railway Concessions in Romania in the Nineteenth Century 依附的阴影与“腐败”的话语：19世纪罗马尼亚的铁路租界

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251352113

Silvia Marton

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The Hallier Affair, Political Corruption and National Dignity in Romania in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries 19世纪末20世纪初罗马尼亚的哈利尔事件、政治腐败与民族尊严

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-07-03 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251352115

Constantin Ardeleanu

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Youth Activism in Poland: Perceptions of Protest and Civic Engagement 波兰青年行动主义：对抗议与公民参与的看法

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-06-10 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251344204

Paulina Pospieszna, Félix Krawatzek

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Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine as Witnessed by Ukrainian and Polish Students 乌克兰和波兰学生见证的俄罗斯入侵乌克兰

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-05-16 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251332297

Mateusz Błaszczyk, Piotr Pieńkowski, Yuriy Pachkovskyy, Khrystyna Ilyk, Małgorzata Felińska

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The Demagogic Normality of Polish Neo-Traditionalism: Constructing an Illiberal Imaginary 波兰新传统主义的蛊惑常态：构建一个非自由的想象

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-05-08 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251335935

Francesco Melito

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