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Between Peripheries and Solidarities: Resisting Green Extractivism in Serbia 边缘与团结之间：抵制塞尔维亚的绿色榨取主义

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-12-24 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251403412

Nina Djukanović

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Nationalism, Clientelism, and Green Transition: Econativism and Environmental Politics in Pljevlja, Montenegro 民族主义、裙带主义与绿色转型：黑山共和国Pljevlja的生态主义与环境政治

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-12-24 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251397670

Branko Banović, Marko Milenković, Miloš Milenković

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Polemics on Polish Progressiveness and Patriotism: A Fanonian Reading of National Consciousness 波兰进步性与爱国主义之争：《民族意识》的法诺式解读

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2025-11-17 DOI: 10.1177/08883254251381837

Iskra de Vries, Marta Gospodarczyk

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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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