International Mobility of Romanian Students in Europe: From Statistical Evidence to Policy Measures [PDF]
International mobility of any kind is quite young in Romania, and it was possible only after falling of the communist regime in 1989. Consequently, the paper reflects firstly some conceptual issues on international student mobility; than, in the second ...
Roman, Monica, Suciu, Christina
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Third World Themes in the International Politics of the Ceaușescu Regime or the International Affirmation of the ‘Socialist Nation’ [PDF]
The present article aims to offer a synoptic picture of communist Romania’s relations with Third World countries during the Ceaușescu regime. Within these relations, economic and geopolitical motivations coexisted along with ideological ones, thus making
Copilaș, Emanuel
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ABSTRACT This article examines the persistence and transformation of patriarchal–feudal structures in Polish art universities in the context of post‐1989 higher education (HE) reforms. Drawing on 22 in‐depth interviews with socially engaged academic staff (18 women and four men) across 11 Polish artistic institutions, the study explores how ...
Marta Kosińska, Karolina Sikorska
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Abstract Research on democratic backsliding and on EU counter‐actions is growing rapidly, but we have only begun to understand how EU actions are taken up in domestic political debates in backsliding member states. Our research builds on the assumption that the framing of these debates contributes to the (de‐)legitimation of EU actions and thus has ...
Michael Blauberger, Arndt Wonka
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Sailing in troubled waters : drinking water provision in Timisoara ; paper for the conference 'Alltag der Globalisierung. Perspektiven einer transnationalen Anthropologie', January 16-18, 2003, Institute of Cultural Anthropology and European Ethnology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main [PDF]
After more than a decade of post-socialist transition, transition theories are increasingly criticised for their inability to grasp the new post-socialist reality.
Baga, Enikö
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Preferences for Consumption and Leisure Across Countries
ABSTRACT Worktimes differ across countries and over time. The economics literature usually explains these differences by financial incentives such as wages and taxes, assuming identical and constant preference for leisure versus consumption. Non‐economic researchers recognize different attitude towards work across countries and over time and connect ...
Jim Jin, Geethanjali Selvaretnam
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THE END OF LIBERALIZATION IN COMMUNIST ROMANIA [PDF]
ABSTRACTIn July 1971, one of the most non-conformist and Western-oriented leaders in the Soviet bloc, made what appeared to many as a radical turn of his domestic policy: liberalization of arts, culture, and social life were drastically limited and the communist party engaged on a course which was strongly inspired by Stalinism.
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Shades of empire: Evidence from Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian partitions in the Baltics
Abstract In this study, we explore the long‐run effects of Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian imperial legacies in the Baltic region. Using a robust regression discontinuity design, we identify persistent differences in socio‐economic development across the South Livonia–Courland and the South Livonia–Lettgallia borders that emerged as a result of the ...
Theocharis N. Grigoriadis, Alise Vitola
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The European Union and party politics in Central Europe [PDF]
It is only recently that political scientists have begun to focus on the influence of European Union involvement on national parties. Mair's study of the impact of Europe on the parties of Western Europe is now a standard point of reference, and ...
Lewis, Paul
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The article seeks to describe the impact of a cultural mega-event on a specific city context in post-communist Romania. Our case-study of Sibiu – European Capital of Culture 2007 underlines the importance of cultural events for the identity-building ...
Dragoş DRAGOMAN, Sabina-Adina LUCA
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