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New book out! "Handbook of Progressive Politics", ed. by Alice Mattoni.

What does progressive politics look like across Central & Eastern Europe? In our chapter with Julia Rone, we explore the Baltic states, the Visegrád Group, the Western Balkans, Bulgaria and Romania.

doi.org/10.4337/9781...

The new book "Power and Protest in Central and Eastern Europe" takes a post-transition view on protest movements.

With 11 case—incl. our chapter on Bulgaria—it covers Albania, Belarus, Czechia, Georgia, Hungary, N. Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia & Ukraine.

doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-77888-9

New public opinion research by CRTA reveals new insights into the scale, support, and public perception of the #student protests in #Serbia. Here’s what you need to know: 🧵👇

The Azerbaijani military offensive caused a mass exodus of nearly all ethnic #Armenians from #Nagorno-Karabakh. We examine the displaced people's situation and then we look on the views, perceptions, and lived experiences of Karabakh Armenians, using unique survey data. @laenderanalysen.bsky.social

Introducing the massive protests in Serbia. Now available in six languages.

English - tinyurl.com/5d9xw6p2
German - tinyurl.com/nmy4ezau
Serbian - tinyurl.com/ukt7ufy8
Romanian - tinyurl.com/45nyyuzr
Greek - tinyurl.com/5bsy6msu
Bulgarian - tinyurl.com/48a4aje6

Photo by IMAGO/Aleksandar Djorovic

Footage from yesterday’s protest in Belgrade: a general strike, university blockades by students, and demonstrations by civil groups, farmers, industrial workers, and artists. Protests have taken place in over 100 cities so far, marking the largest mobilizations in Serbia’s recent history.

Magnificent general strike today in Serbia against corruption! The video from Novi Sad (about 300,000 people) shows that maybe 1/3 of the residents went to the streets. Students lead the protests, supported by teachers, farmers, civil groups, artists, industrial workers, and oppositional parties.

The student revolt in Serbia became Europe’s largest recent student movement, with 85 faculties occupied and demonstrations in 58 cities. On December 22, 2024, 100,000 people gathered at Slavija Square in the largest protest of the last three decades. (Photo: Mašina.)

Our new platform in #KonKoop presents 51 #protest datasets for Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, covering countries, time, sources, event types, and publications. It aims to deepen understanding of societal dynamics while addressing methodological challenges. konkoop.de/index.php/pr...

Over the last two decades, the digital revolution has made it much easier to gather news on protest events, leading to a surge in studies. Whereas this type of research was rare in the 1980s and 1990s, in the last three to four years alone at least 14 data sets on protest events have been developed.

In the context of major protests in Tbilisi, data on political attitudes in #Georgia over the last years. Polarisation between two main parties, but also increasing fragmentation. In the "Others" section there were 12 parties with support between 0.5% and 4%.