... of the “weakness of civil society” in Central and Eastern Europe can be explained by insufficient methodologies involved in what we call the static approach to the strength (or weakness) of civil society. We present a more appropriate alternative, called the dynamic approach, in which weakness or strength...

... Qualitative Comparative Analysis, the article found that strong far-right parties, important national minority issues, and sizable expatriate/kin minority populations all contributed to restrictive citizenship policies in Central and Eastern Europe. However, none of these factors were necessary or sufficient...

...Anna Batta; John Ishiyama What explains receptivity of citizens in the post-communist world to Russian influence? popular attitudes in Central and Eastern Europe about Russia's role in the world and seeks to find answers to the question: does ideology or economic factors most influence support...

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... participation Democratization Economic crisis Central and Eastern Europe EU accession Article history: Available online 8 July 2016 Keywords: Civil society Civic participation Democratization Economic crisis Central and Eastern Europe EU accession Justice Party and in favour of these apers. The current...

... of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Health care Informal patient payments Public opinion Attitude Cluster analysis Central and Eastern Europe 1. Introduction portant payment as to obtain more y of literature has...

... austerity. * Corresponding author. © 2013 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Germany Poland Czech Republic Hungary Baltic states Central and Eastern Europe Euro zone...

...Jolanta Aidukaite The paper reviews recent socio-economic changes in the 10 new EU member states of Central and Eastern Europe and the earlier and latest debates on the emergence of the post-communist welfare state regime. It asks two questions: are the new EU member states more similar to each...

... Civil servants Hungary Central and Eastern Europe Post-communist countries Politicisation, professionalisation, or both? Hungary s civil service system Gyo¨rgy Gajduschek* Hungarian Institute of Public Administration, Alkotmany u. 25, H-1054 Budapest, Hungary Available online 21 August 2007...

...Marie Lavigne Ten years after the launching of the transition process, many books and reports are offering a balance sheet of the transformation that occurred in Central and Eastern Europe and in the former Soviet Union area. The review article looks at some of them, particularly at Grzegorz W...