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Expelled from the Fairytale: The Impact of the Dissident Legacy on Post-1989 Central European Politics 被逐出童话世界：持不同政见者的遗产对 1989 年后中欧政治的影响

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/08883254231196318

Kacper Szulecki

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Václav Havel Posthumous Reclamation of a National Hero? 瓦茨拉夫-哈维尔被追认为民族英雄？

IF 0.7 4区社会学

East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/08883254221148489

Barbara J. Falk, Daniela Bouvier-Valenta

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Post-Dissident Politics and the “Liberal Consensus” in East-Central Europe after 1989 1989 年后中东欧的后异议政治与 "自由共识

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/08883254231196319

Michal Kopeček

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An Arrested Dialectic: The National Past and (Post-)Dissident Catholic Moral Reasoning in Slovakia 停滞的辩证法：斯洛伐克的民族历史与（后）持不同政见者的天主教道德推理

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/08883254231219752

Agáta Šústová Drelová

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From Dissidence to Heroism: Constructing an Ideal Post-Communist Identity in the Czech Republic. 从持不同政见到英雄主义：在捷克共和国构建理想的后共产主义身份。

IF 0.7 4区社会学

East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2024-08-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-01 DOI: 10.1177/08883254231168409

Muriel Blaive

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Mobilizing against Democratic Backsliding: What Motivates Protestors in Central and Eastern Europe? 动员起来反对民主倒退：中欧和东欧抗议者的动机是什么？

IF 0.7 4区社会学

East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2024-05-24 DOI: 10.1177/08883254231212489

Courtney Blackington, Antoaneta L. Dimitrova, Iulia Ionita, Milada Anna Vachudova

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Backsliding versus Backlash: Do Challenges to Democracy in East Central Europe Threaten LGBTQIAP Empowerment? 倒退与反冲：中东欧地区的民主挑战是否威胁到 LGBTQIAP 的赋权？

IF 0.7 4区社会学

East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2024-05-15 DOI: 10.1177/08883254231182999

Conor O’Dwyer

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Between Conflict and Cooperation: Electoral Strategies of Ethnic Parties 冲突与合作之间：民族政党的选举策略

IF 0.7 4区社会学

East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2024-05-06 DOI: 10.1177/08883254241235628

Peter Spáč, Jozef Zagrapan

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The Political-Administrative Nexus in Sub-National Governance: Exploring the Lack of Independent Administration in Poland 国家以下各级治理中的政治-行政关联：探讨波兰缺乏独立行政机构的问题

IF 0.7 4区社会学

East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2024-04-11 DOI: 10.1177/08883254241229732

Witold Betkiewicz, Anna Radiukiewicz

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How Do Bigger and Smaller Cities Manage Migration? Ukrainian War Refugees in Polish Cities 大城市和小城市如何管理移民？波兰城市中的乌克兰战争难民

IF 0.7 4区社会学

East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2024-04-01 DOI: 10.1177/08883254241234621

Agnieszka Bielewska, Ewa Ślęzak-Belowska, Olga Czeranowska

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