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From Populism to Fascism? On Our Present‐Time Political Categories

Sociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 240-248, June 2026.
ABSTRACT With the global rise of far‐right governments, two categories are available to describe this aspect of our current times: populism and fascism. This raises a twofold question: analytically, which is the most accurate to describe these authoritarian governments?
Federico Tarragoni
wiley   +1 more source

Power, civil society and contentious politics in post communist Europe

, 2008
This dissertation examines how contentious collective action in two post communist states, Poland and the Czech Republic, has broadened to include European and international actors.
Cruickshank, Neil A.
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The Leaner, Meaner State—And What It Means for Society

Sociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 277-288, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Populism is an old phenomenon but one which appears to once again be in ascendance globally. Attributing a nation's problems to a wicked elite, populists seek to dismantle the old order and either remove or repurpose its institutions. This paper explores how populism changes economic governance and particularly, how its emphasis on fighting ...
Christopher A. Hartwell
wiley   +1 more source

Lessons to Be Learned: Political Party Research and Political Party Assistance [PDF]

Generally speaking, the effects of international political party assistance are viewed nega-tively, or at least controversially. This study attributes some of the shortcomings of political party aid to the poor relationship between assistance providers ...
Gero Erdmann
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Class Struggle, Commodity Fetishism, and Historical Materialism in the New Latin American Cinema

Sociology Lens, Volume 39, Issue 2, Page 327-335, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines Latin American cinema after the 2010s through the concepts of class struggle, commodity fetishism, and historical materialism. The study aims to discuss how the region's colonial legacy, neoliberal policies, and current political transformations are reproduced in cinematic narratives.
Doğuşcan Göker, Muzaffer Musab Yılmaz   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crisis of socialism and the Communist Party of Brazil, 1988-1992

, 1994
O artigo analisa o impacto das transformações no Leste Europeu sobre o Partido Comunista do Brasil (PC do B), entre o 7a Congresso Partidario (maio de 1988) e o 8° Congresso (fevereiro de 1992).
Ridenti, Marcelo Siqueira [UNESP]
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Embracing a Multipolar World: Management and Organization Scholars and Varieties of Socialism

Journal of Management Studies, Volume 63, Issue 4, Page 1959-1982, June 2026.
Abstract Despite the evolution to a multipolar economic world during the past three decades, management and organization scholars around the world still largely employ a capitalist view from the United States as the normal state, with scholars analysing other economic contexts as some variation of such capitalism.
Garry D. Bruton, Jiayi Li, Dhruba Kumar Gautam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role and treatment of political parties in liberal democracies with reference to the United Kingdom, Turkey and the European Convention on Human Rights [PDF]

, 2000
This thesis analyses current situations of political parties in the UK and Turkey with reference to liberal democracy in general and the European Convention on Human Rights in particular.
Demir, Huseyin, Huseyin, Demir
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Ethnic Conflicts, Civil War, and Economic Growth: Region‐Level Evidence From Former Yugoslavia

Journal of Regional Science, Volume 66, Issue 3, Page 950-977, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper studies the long‐term effects of the Yugoslav civil war (1987–1995) on subnational economic growth across 78 regions in five former Yugoslav republics from 1950 to 2015. We construct counterfactual growth trajectories using a robust region‐level donor pool from 32 conflict‐free countries.
Aleksandar Kešeljević, Stefan Nikolić, Rok Spruk   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Contemporary Debate on Secularization and Its Cross‐National Variation: A Systematization Through Topic Modeling

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 293-306, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Secularization is a key concept in the social scientific study of religion, yet its meaning remains ambiguous due to varied definitions produced in the literature. This article aims to provide a data‐driven systematization of the debate on religious change by analyzing 1638 academic articles published between 2001 and 2022 using structural ...
Valeria Rainero, Ruud Luijkx
wiley   +1 more source