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Censorship and cultural revolution: political change and ideological control in postwar socialist Romania, 1945-1953 by Chiorean, Andru

“…My focus is how the Romanian communist state’s apparatus of media control operated during its formative period, and how it sought to calibrate and mediate the socialist cultural agenda. …”
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Hegemonic discourse and sources of legitimacy in Cuba: comparing Mariel (1980) and the Maleconazo (1994) by Port, Lukas

“…The research examines the content and internal mechanics of the discourse, its assumptions and endogenous references, taking into account the specific context of the single-party communist state in control of the country's media and mass organisations. …”
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Civil service laws, merit, politicization, and corruption: the perspective of public officials from five East European countries by Meyer-Sahling, Jan-Hinrik, Mikkelsen, Kim Sass

“…Based on a survey of central government officials in five post-communist states, the paper examines the impact of civil service laws, the quality of their implementation, merit recruitment and the politicization of appointments on rumors of kickbacks in respondents’ work organization. …”
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Democracy as a global determinant factor to legitimate governance and self-determination by Ahmad, Rusniah, Mohd Sani, Mohd Azizuddin, Efevwerhan, David I.

“…It then examines how the UN, regional bodies, Western States, third world countries and even some former Communist States have all embraced democracy-the current democratic struggle in the Arab world inclusive; and concludes that what started as a Western concept or ideology is now the preferred means by which nations exercise the right to self-determination.…”
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A critical assessment of the relative success and failings of Central European countries to attract and sustain foreign direct investment by Gardner, Christopher

“…Before this can be done, though, an analysis of the situation in the countries in 1990 must be undertaken âÂ�Â� only once this has been done can one understand the scale of the task the post-communist states faced. Increasingly, the transition countries are becoming more stable, and with this are developing comparative advantages. …”
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The transformative power of Europe reconsidered: Euroscepticism, Europhilia and democratisation in Europe’s periphery by Toth, Fanni

“…First, it demonstrates that the EU has a real and measurable effect in changing the perceptions of both citizens and elites in post-communist states. Second, it highlights that its impact works both through indirect mechanisms of a state-level political association, as well as direct mechanisms of international socialisation. …”
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