Invoking the EU: Civil Society's Response to Autocratisation in Georgia
This paper analyses how Georgian civil society resisted autocratisation by leveraging the government’s rhetorical and formal commitment to European Union (EU) integration.
Publications in process
We are continuously working on publications that explore the role and forms of political opposition across post-communist regimes. Below are the projects we are currently preparing for publication.
Discursive strategies of “democratic opposition” in Poland in 2019 and 2023: Between delegitimization and bridge-building
In 2023, after eight years of right-wing populist rule by the Law and Justice (PiS) government, three opposition forces in Poland successfully regained power. Given the largely unchanged institutional context between the 2019 and 2023 parliamentary elections, this paper examines the strategies opposition parties employed to challenge incumbents.
From polarizing strategy to “polarized democracy” – explaining the enduring democracy crisis in Poland since 2023
Why have Poland’s democratic standards not improved despite the opposition’s ascent to power in December 2023? This article argues that the continual use of polarizing strategy by new incumbents has become a primary obstacle to the highly expected “re-democratization process” after populist rule.