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Fiscal Burden as a Determinant of Innovation Performance in the CEE Countries 财政负担是中东欧国家创新绩效的决定因素

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2022-10-05 DOI: 10.1177/08883254221116802

Paweł Felis, Michał Bernardelli, M. Jamroży, Jacek Lipiec, Elżbieta Malinowska-Misiąg, J. Szlęzak-Matusewicz, Grzegorz Otczyk

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Intragovernmental Grant Distribution and Party Alignment Bias under Democratic and Authoritarian Governments: The Case of Poland 民主和威权政府下的政府内部拨款分配与政党结盟偏见——以波兰为例

IF 0.7 4区社会学

East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI: 10.1177/08883254221116787

Joanna Siwińska-Gorzelak, Grażyna Bukowska

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Unwillingly Orientalist: Gustaw Herling-Grudziński’s Travel Diary to Burma as an Example of an Unusual Postcolonial Eastern European Account 令人厌恶的东方主义者：古斯塔夫·赫林·格鲁津斯基的缅甸旅行日记作为一个不同寻常的后殖民东欧记述的例子

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2022-10-01 DOI: 10.1177/08883254221116800

M. Lubina, M. Kozłowska

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Key Features and Factors behind Social Trust Formation in Ukraine 乌克兰社会信任形成的主要特征及其影响因素

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2022-09-06 DOI: 10.1177/08883254221115303

Larysa Tamilina

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Bottom-up Content Convergence Phenomena in Socialist Cultural Economies: The Case of Premodern Story Universes of Romanian Film and Music 社会主义文化经济中自下而上的内容趋同现象:罗马尼亚电影和音乐的前现代故事宇宙的案例

IF 0.7 4区社会学

East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/08883254221116817

C. Parvulescu, Emanuel Copilaș

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Intersection of Conflicting Values: Symbols of Memory and Acts of Artistic Expression 冲突价值的交集:记忆符号与艺术表现行为

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2022-07-29 DOI: 10.1177/08883254221110571

Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias

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The Development of National Cinema in Post-Maidan Ukraine 后乌克兰独立广场时期民族电影的发展

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2022-07-25 DOI: 10.1177/08883254221101907

Elżbieta Olzacka

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Cultural Expertise versus Strategic Ignorance: Confronting Cultural Diversity In and Out of Court in Poland 文化专长与战略无知：在波兰法庭内外应对文化多样性

IF 0.7 4区社会学

East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2022-07-11 DOI: 10.1177/08883254221096169

S. Burdziej

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Consensus-Seeking and Reversed Representation among Polish Officials in the Council of the European Union 波兰官员在欧盟理事会中寻求共识和反向代表权

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East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI: 10.1177/08883254221101465

Kamil Ławniczak

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The EU and Dispute Settlement: The Case of the Macedonian Name Issue 欧盟与争端解决:马其顿国名问题

IF 0.7 4区社会学

East European Politics and Societies Pub Date : 2022-06-30 DOI: 10.1177/08883254221101905

D. Bechev

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