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Erratum to “Volume 38 Issue 4, November 2024” “第38卷第4期，2024年11月”的勘误表

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-09-26 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251382015

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Propertyless Proprietors: Ownership and Entrepreneurship on Airbnb in Prague 无房产业主：布拉格Airbnb的所有权和创业精神

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-08-23 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251364876

Quinn O’Dowd

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What Explains Punishment in Historical Memory-Related Court Cases? The Case of Ukraine since 2022 如何解释与历史记忆有关的法庭案件中的惩罚？自2022年以来的乌克兰事件

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251362220

Andrii Nekoliak

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The Functional Dereliction of the Druzhba Cinema in Comrat: A Case Study of a Cultural and National Heritage Site in Post-Soviet Gagauzia 《同志》德鲁日巴电影院的功能缺失：以后苏联时期加加乌齐亚的一处文化和国家遗产为例

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251362221

Marcin Kosienkowski, Ciprian Nițu

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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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