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Symbolic Thickening of Public Culture and the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Poland by Kotwas, Marta, Kubik, Jan

“…A key feature of thin populist ideology is a sharp division of the social world into “good people” and “bad elites.” Populist ideology “thickens” when it is…”
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The State as a Firm: Understanding the Autocratic Roots of Technocratic Populism by Buštíková, Lenka, Guasti, Petra

“…Why, when, and how does populism emerge in a stable democracy? This article investigates the political logic and ideological appeal of a rarely explored form…”
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Populism and Memory: Legislation of the Past in Poland, Ukraine, and Russia by Koposov, Nikolay

“…The rise of historical memory, which began in the 1970s and 1980s, has made the past an increasingly important soft-power resource. At its initial stage, the…”
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Counter-Elite Populism and Civil Society in Poland: PiS’s Strategies of Elite Replacement by Bill, Stanley

“…This article shows how Poland’s ruling party, Law and Justice (PiS), is attempting to apply its general strategy of “elite replacement” in a modified way to…”
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Challenging Civil Society Elites in Poland: The Dynamics and Strategies of Civil Society Actors by Korolczuk, Elżbieta

“…The shrinking of civil society—a problematic trend in a growing number of countries—often involves enacting legal measures to curtail the activity of civil…”
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Backsliding versus Backlash: Do Challenges to Democracy in East Central Europe Threaten LGBTQIAP Empowerment? by O’Dwyer, Conor

“…If third-wave democratization propelled gains in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersexual, asexual, and pansexual (LGBTQIAP) empowerment…”
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Caring for the Child, Caring for the Family: The Clash over the National Strategy for the Child (2019–2030) in Bulgaria by Nenova, Gergana, Luleva, Ana, Kotzeva, Tatyana

“…The article explores the different meanings behind the narratives of “family,” “childcare,” and “child protection” in public discourses against the National…”
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Hurricane Season: Systems of Instability in Central and East European Party Politics by Haughton, Tim, Deegan-Krause, Kevin

“…The seemingly random triumph and demise of new political parties in Central and Eastern Europe actually represent a durable subsystem with relevance for party…”
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Preferences for Redistribution, Welfare Chauvinism, and Radical Right Party Support in Central and Eastern Europe by Savage, Lee

“…Why do supporters of radical right parties in Central and Eastern Europe hold economically left-wing policy preferences? In this article, the author argues…”
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The Power of the Powerless by Havel, Václav

“…Inevitably, when revisiting a work I translated many years before, I am struck by things I might have done differently. My regrets run the gamut, from nuances…”
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Representations of Dissent against Communism in Romania: Anti-Communist Heroes, “Prison Saints,” and (Extra)Ordinary Citizens by Preda, Caterina

“…This article discusses the uses and functions of visual representations in the articulation of a comprehensive memory of dissent against the Communist regime…”
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An Arrested Dialectic: The National Past and (Post-)Dissident Catholic Moral Reasoning in Slovakia by Šústová Drelová, Agáta

“…During the 1980s, Catholic dissidents in Slovakia constructed divergent modes of moral reasoning. While national democratic Catholic dissidents looked to…”
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Homo sovieticus and the Neoliberal Legacy of Polish Dissent by Wciślik, Piotr

“…Democratic backsliding in eastern Europe has been often cast in terms of the uncivility of local political culture inherited from the past. For the postwar…”
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“Me? I’m No Revolution. I’m No Heroine.” Reconfiguring the Dissident in Contemporary Polish Theater by Nguyen Vu, Thuc Linh

“…The figure of the dissident has become one of the key symbols of political opposition to Communism in Poland, with former dissidents playing a significant role…”
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Václav Havel: Posthumous Reclamation of a National Hero? by Falk, Barbara J., Bouvier-Valenta, Daniela

“…A playwright, philosopher, and president, Václav Havel was well known at home and abroad for all his “careers” and contributions. This article compares and…”
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Introduction to the Special Issue “Canonizing and Contesting Communist-Era Dissent in Eastern Europe: Actors, Representations, and Impacts since 1989” by Laczó, Ferenc

“…This special issue in historical and memory studies analyzes two interrelated processes. It explores how the dissident past has been negotiated, contested, or…”
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György Konrád as a Post-Dissident Public Intellectual Biography, Interventions, Reception by Laczó, Ferenc

“…The paper offers a case study of György Konrád, a leading intellectual from post-Communist eastern Europe, who was arguably the most internationally visible…”
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Expelled from the Fairytale: The Impact of the Dissident Legacy on Post-1989 Central European Politics by Szulecki, Kacper

“…To understand the political dimension of dissident legacies, we need first to understand the components that “made” the dissidents and follow their…”
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Post-Dissident Politics and the “Liberal Consensus” in East-Central Europe after 1989 by Kopeček, Michal

“…This article’s central question is how former dissidents and their engagement in post-1989 nascent democratic politics contributed to the emergence of what was…”
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From Dissidence to Heroism: Constructing an Ideal Post-Communist Identity in the Czech Republic by Blaive, Muriel

“…Post-Communist memory politics has occupied a highly disputed symbolic position ever since the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia. This article presents the…”
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