Political Opposition in Post-communist Democracies and Authoritarianisms

Why have opposition parties failed to act as effective safeguards against the deteriorating quality of democracy in Poland and Hungary? Why has the democratization process in Ukraine (until 2022) and Georgia been stalled, despite active extra-parliamentary opposition? What forms of political dissent can be detected in Belarus since the mass protests in 2020 and subsequent wave of unprecedented repression?

This project tackles the state of political opposition, its functions, strategies and institutional setting in different political systems of Central and Eastern Europe.

The project has received a PRIMA grant for a five-year period by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

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