Call for Papers, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Winter 2013) – General issue

Call for Papers

Call for Papers, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Winter 2013) – General issue

Submissions are now being accepted for the winter 2013 issue.

Please submit your work saved as a Microsoft Word document at polsci@sar.org.ro before 15^th of September, 2013, midnight Central European Time. Please note that we will not review manuscripts that have already been published, are scheduled for publication elsewhere, or have been simultaneously submitted to another journal.

The Romanian Academic Society requires the assignment of copyright. If you are interested in submitting an article, please visit our website for details on the Authors’ Guidelines.

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Vol 13 - No 1 - 2013 // General issue

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Vol 13, no. 1, Summer 2013 – General issue

PolSci Volume 13, no. 1 (summer 2013) presents a viewpoint from the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary on the recent constitutional challenges and novelties experienced by this country and in particular on the relations between the Ombudsman and the Constitutional Court. In addition, this issue features articles which examine the democratic backsliding in the... »

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The triple crisis in Hungary: The “Backsliding” of Hungarian Democracy after Twenty Years

This paper tries to point out that the three consecutive crises (the triple crisis) in the New Member States (NMS) have claimed the heavy social price that has been responsible for the drastic “backsliding of the new democracies”. These countries underwent a transformation recession in the early nineties and, once members of the EU, they... »

Proceedings of the Constitutional Court and the Ombudsman’s Activity: First Steps in Practice on the Basis of Regulation of the Basic Law

Abstract This article represents a viewpoint from the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights of Hungary on the constitutional challenges and novelties experienced by this country, in particular on the relations between the Ombudsman and the Constitutional Court. It covers the practice involving these two institutions and offers some justifications for the substantial changes introduced in recent years,... »

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Risks of corruption and the management of EU funds in Romania

The suspension of EU payments in four operational programmes in 2012 showed how problematic Romania’s correct and effective management of EU funds is. Such funds aim primarily at decreasing the socio-economic disparities among EU members and support the economic convergence of less developed new EU members with their Western counterparts. Consequently, a poor absorption rate... »

The Choice of Monetary Policy and Its Relevance for Economic Performance: Empirical Evidence from a Global Perspective

Monetary policy is considered to be one of the most important public policies influencing not only the level of prices in economy, the volatility of exchange rates or interest rates, but also the structure of production of goods and services. This paper analyses the importance of monetary policy for economic growth and for macroeconomic (in)stability... »

The Political Economy of Turkey’s Eastern Turn: An Empirical Analysis of Erdogan’s State Visits (2003-2010)

With the rise of the Justice and Development Party under the leadership of Recep T. Erdogan, Turkish foreign policy has experienced an “Eastern turn”, which raised question marks in the minds of many. In this study, we investigate the “Eastern turn” in Turkish foreign relations through an analysis of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan’s foreign visits... »

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