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Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
Framing the largest recent Romanian protests: a content analysis of European online newspapers
At the beginning of 2017 massive protests took place on the streets of the biggest cities in Romania, unprecedented in the post-communist history of the country. They were caused by a decree passed by the government, which was meant to decriminalize certain offences, including politicians’ abuse of office. The political...
Monday, March 9th, 2020
Why do Romanians take to the streets? A spatial analysis of Romania’s 2016-2017 protests
This article aims to analyse, both spatially and numerically, the protests that occurred in Romania between January 2016, immediately after the 2016 Parliamentary Elections and the attempt of the new elected party to change Romania’s constitution and legislations, and October...
