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Vol. 16, no. 2, Winter 2016 – General issue

 ABSTRACT | PolSci Volume 16, number 2 (Winter 2016) comprises articles which deal with themes such as Fascism, rule of law and political participation of young people. The first article deals with the relationship between the Bolshevik revolution and Fascism. The second discusses Rule of Law as a powerful separation between global civilisations. The third article explores the development and influence of visual media on social movement activism in Slovenia. The fourth attempts to explain the ineffective implementation of constitutional rulings through the concept of policy networks. The fifth article focuses on...
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The Bolshevik Revolution and the Rise of Italian Fascism

This article reviews the relationship between the Bolshevik revolution and that of Fascism. The central claim is that initially both revolutions were animated by Marxist inspiration. Both V. I. Lenin and Benito Mussolini were learned and committed Marxists. Both revolutions were a response to conditions that arose out of the Great War that between 1914... »

A Theory of Rule of Law (RL)

Max Weber has had a huge influence upon the enquiry into civilisations and their differences. Books and articles keep coming out on Western rationality and the Occidental form of capitalism, what he called modern capitalism. But things have changed since 1904, when he started publishing on world religions and their social consequences, especially for the... »
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Humanist propaganda: The poster as a visual medium of communication used by ‘new’ social movements

This study explores the development and influence of visual media on social movement activism in Slovenia in the 1980s and in the new millennium. Because of the changes in the political context during these decades, we aimed to determine whether there were differences between the political posters displayed by selected Slovenian social movements during the... »

Explaining the Ineffective Implementation of Constitutional Rulings through the Concept of Policy Networks: The Case of Public Policy towards ‘the Erased’ in the Republic of Slovenia

This article seeks to contribute to the understanding of public policy towards ‘the Erased’ implementation problems in the Republic of Slovenia, where the former Yugoslav population was removed from the Register of Permanent Residence by national authorities. We will focus on the implementation of two constitutional rulings during the period from 1999 to 2012 in... »

The Discursive Dimension of Second-order Elections: The Case of Czech Regional Elections 2012

The goal of this paper is to describe linguistic and issue differences in election manifestos of the parties involved in the Czech 2012 regional election and contribute to a better understanding of second-order election (SOE) theory on a discursive level. The year 2012 brought two main changes: a significant success of the Communist Party and... »

How do Participatory Models Influence Youth Participation? A Case Study from Hungary

The starting point of the paper is that structures created for the political participation of young people should reflect and accomodate processes which are appropriate to them. How can local democracy help young people to better understand politics and to increase their motivations to participate? Based on the objectives of the European Charter on the... »
REVIEWS

Chantal Mouffe, “Agonistics. Thinking the World Politically”

Chantal Mouffe, “Agonistics. Thinking the World Politically,” London and New York, Verso... »
CALL FOR PAPERS | Call for Papers from the Romanian Journal of Political Science (PolSci) – General issue
PolSci (Romanian Journal of Political Science) is a bi-annual journal edited by the Romanian Academic Society (RAS). PolSci is indexed by ISI Thomson under the Social Sciences Citation Index and by other prominent institutions such as IPSA, GESIS, EBSCO, CEEOL and ProQuest. Previous PolSci contributors include Francis Fukuyama, Larry Diamond or Philippe Schmitter, as well as a significant number of young researchers. The Journal welcomes academic papers, reviews of recent publications and announcements of forthcoming volumes as well as contributions from various fields of research in the social sciences. Submissions are...

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Advisory Board

  • Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (chair) Hertie School of Governance
  • Larry Diamond Stanford University
  • Tom Gallagher University of Bradford
  • Alena Ledeneva University College London
  • Michael McFaul Stanford University
  • Dennis Deletant Georgetown University
  • Helen Wallace London School of Economics and Political Science

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  • Claudiu Tufiș
  • Bogdan Iancu
  • George Jiglau
  • Ingi Iusmen
  • Gabriel Bădescu
  • Andrei Macsut
  • Laura Voinea

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