Political Science

Democracy and Political Institutions: Variety and challenges of democratic regimes. Political regime transition. Nature of non-democracies and hybrid regimes. Qualities of democracies. Political accountability. Political communication. Voting behaviour
Political Economy: Political economy of reforms; international political economy; varieties of capitalism in new Europe.

Poverty, Inequality and Democracy: East-Central Europe's Quandary

The article discusses strategies the Central-East European EU member states have applied to protect their populations against the social risks stemming from transformation, foreign-led development and the current economic crisis, and asks how they came about. Some governments spend relatively little on social protection, but employ a high share of their workforce in the public sector. Others offer the most generous support for pensioners and other underemployed groups.

Greskovits, B., and D. Bohle. "Poverty, Inequality and Democracy: East-Central Europe's Quandary." Journal of Democracy 20, no. 4 (2009): 50-63.
Unit: 
Department of International Relations
Center for European Union Research (CEUR)
Department of Political Science
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Varieties of Capitalism or Capitalism 'Tout Court'

Greskovits, B., and D. Bohle. "Varieties of Capitalism or Capitalism 'Tout Court'." European Journal of Sociology 50, no. 3 (2009): 355-386.
Unit: 
Department of International Relations
Center for European Union Research (CEUR)
Department of Political Science
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An Introduction to Crisp-Set QCA, with a Comparison to Binary Logistic Regression

Schneider, C. Q., and Bernard Grofman. "An Introduction to Crisp-Set QCA, with a Comparison to Binary Logistic Regression." Political Research Quarterly 62, no. 4 (2009): 662-672.
Unit: 
Department of Political Science
Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies (DISC)
Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations
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Andrej Nosko

Department of Political Science
Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations
Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG)

Andrej Nosko is a graduated PhD student at Political Science Department, researches coping strategies of small, open, transitional economies of Central Europe with their energy import dependence. His theoretical focus is on issues of energy, security, and government-corporate relations. Andrej's experience developed while living in 6 countries, and besides academia, working in private, NGO as well as governmental sectors. Before returning to CEU, Andrej worked for the European Commission in Brussels in the field of internal security.

Book review: Gary Goertz and Harvey Starr (eds.): Necessary Conditions: Theory, Methodology and Applications (Rowman and Littlefield, 2003)

Schneider, C. Q.. Book review: Gary Goertz and Harvey Starr (eds.): Necessary Conditions: Theory, Methodology and Applications (Rowman and Littlefield, 2003) In Journal of Politics. Vol. 70., 2008.
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Department of Political Science
Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies (DISC)
Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations
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Liberalization, Transition and Consolidation. Measuring the Components of Democratization

Schneider, C. Q., and Philippe C. Schmitter. "Liberalization, Transition and Consolidation. Measuring the Components of Democratization." Democratization 11 (2004): 59-90.
Unit: 
Department of Political Science
Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies (DISC)
Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations
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Reducing Complexity in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Remote and Proximate Factors and the Consolidation of Democracy

Schneider, C. Q., and Claudius Wagemann. "Reducing Complexity in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Remote and Proximate Factors and the Consolidation of Democracy." European Journal of Political Research 45 (2006): 751-786.
Unit: 
Department of Political Science
Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies (DISC)
Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations
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By now, the common wisdom that never in human history have so many countries been governed by democratically-elected leaders has been replaced by the widespread suspicion that democracy is in crisis. Recent developments suggest that democracies of all ages are facing serious challenges.

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