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Troublemakers and game changers: how political parties stopped democratic backsliding in Bulgaria 麻烦制造者和游戏规则改变者:政党如何阻止保加利亚的民主倒退

IF 3.2 1区社会学

Democratization Pub Date : 2023-09-03 DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2250985

Sergiu Gherghina, Petar Bankov

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Voicing Politics: How Language Shapes Public Opinion 发声政治：语言如何塑造舆论

IF 3.2 1区社会学

Democratization Pub Date : 2023-08-30 DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2251005

Egor Bronnikov

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Digital authoritarianism in the Middle East: deception, disinformation and social media 中东的数字威权主义：欺骗、虚假信息和社交媒体

IF 3.2 1区社会学

Democratization Pub Date : 2023-08-30 DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2250994

Noor J. E. Abushammalah

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Public attitudes towards external democracy promotion in Africa 公众对促进非洲外部民主的态度

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Democratization Pub Date : 2023-08-25 DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2246387

Mwita Chacha

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The return of silent elections: democracy, uncontested elections and citizen participation in Czechia 恢复无声选举:捷克的民主、无争议选举和公民参与

IF 3.2 1区社会学

Democratization Pub Date : 2023-08-22 DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2246148

Karel Kouba, Jakub Lysek

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Formal power in informal networks. Distribution of power resources in personalized bureaucracies: the case of Russia’s subnational elites 非正式网络中的正式权力。权力资源在个人化官僚机构中的分配:以俄罗斯地方精英为例

IF 3.2 1区社会学

Democratization Pub Date : 2023-08-20 DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2246127

K. Melnikov

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Whisper sweet nothings to me Erdoğan: developmentalist propaganda, partisan emotions, and economic evaluations in Turkey 埃尔多安对我说的甜言蜜语：土耳其的发展主义宣传、党派情绪和经济评估

IF 3.2 1区社会学

Democratization Pub Date : 2023-08-20 DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2232741

Aykut Öztürk

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Justice by means of democracy 通过民主实现正义

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Democratization Pub Date : 2023-08-14 DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2243227

Sujay Ghosh

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Challenging the rules of the game: clientelism and dissent in the Middle East 挑战游戏规则：中东的客户主义和异议

IF 3.2 1区社会学

Democratization Pub Date : 2023-08-07 DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2241379

D. Jones

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Facing protests in Serbia: patterns of new competitive authoritarianism 塞尔维亚面临抗议：新的竞争性威权主义模式

IF 3.2 1区社会学

Democratization Pub Date : 2023-08-07 DOI: 10.1080/13510347.2023.2238614

Dušan Spasojević, J. Lončar

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