Новият дуализъм на Сърбия: повече прагматизъм? ILLIBERAL DEMOCRACY AND DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: TOWARDS A “RULE OF LAW” EXPLANATION
The conceptual notions of “illiberal democracy” and “democratic backsliding” have experienced a renaissance in recent years, prompted by attempts in new member states /NMS/ of the European Union /EU/ in Central and Eastern Europe /CEE/ to reverse the direction of democratic reforms after the attainment of full membership. Illiberal developments in Poland (2006/2007) and Hungary (post-2010) have send shocks to the very heart of the EU system, as both countries had been at the helm of democratic progress in the pre-accession period. A little to the East, Bulgaria and Romania have made their own headway in reform reversal. Meanwhile,......
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A policy paper by IRIS Programme Director Stefan Ralchev which is part of the book, Unrewarding Crossroads? The Black Sea Region amidst the European Union and Russia published by the Sofia Platform (eds. Anahit Shirinyan and Louisa Slavkova).
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Национален доклад за България на ИРМИ като част от трансграничното изследване "Форми и места на насилие на Балканите и в Турция" - достъпен тук.
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A summary in English of IRIS's country report on Bulgaria as part of the cross-border research effort, "Forms and Spaces of Violence in the Balkans and Turkey," available here.
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A paper on the 2012-14 protest movements in Bulgaria and their effect on good governance by IRIS Programme Director and Policy Analyst Stefan Ralchev is available here. The paper is part of the publication, Governance and Participation, ed. Dr Melanie Sully, by the Institute for Go-Governance in Vienna and covers processes and trends on the topic in the countries of the Black Sea region.
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An expert comment is available here on some implications of the European Parliament election in Bulgaria by IRIS's Programme Director and Policy Analyst Stefan Ralchev.
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Стартира гражданска кампания в Бургас с провеждането на 24-часов Хакатон/ A NEET civil campaign launched in Bourgas by conducting a 24-hour Hachathon
На 19 и 20 юли 2015 г. на о-в Света Анастасия край Бургас стартира гражданска кампания, фокусирана върху младежите на територията на община Бургас, които нито учат, нито работят (NEET – not in education, employment or training). Кампанията цели да идентифицира потребностите на целевата група, представляваща процентно значителна част (над 22% по данни на UNICEF от 2015 г.) от младите хора в страната......
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On 2 July IRIS and the Polish Institute Sofia welcomed renowned experts for a conference on societal trends and processes in Southeast Europe entitled, "Alternative societal models for development in the Balkans." The conference was the largest of several stakeholders dialogue meetings that the Institute is conducting as part of the regional project, "Cross-border Citizens' Network for Peace, Inter-communal Reconciliation and Human Security" supported by the European Commission.
The event included two panels. One focused on general trends of societal development in the Balkan countries vis-a-vis......
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През месец април 2015 г. ИРМИ организира три срещи-дискусии между експерти, общественици и представители на бизнеса и гражданските организации съответно от град Пловдив, Видин, Враца, Монтана и от градове в централна северна България на тема проблеми и перспективни пред развитието в съответните региони.
Срещите са част от първия етап......
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В периода 19-21 май 2015 г. по инициатива на ИРМИ се състояха 3 срещи-дискусии с общественици, представители на бизнеса, граждански организации и експерти по регионално развитие, които обсъдиха перспективите за успех и развитие в градовете Стара Загора, Бургас и Варна.
Срещите са част от първия етап на проекта „Лидерство за регионално развитие”,......
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"Civic Resistance and Human Security"
The Citizens’ Network for Peace, Reconciliation and Human Security (CN4HS) is organizing a second Summer School on Human Security, "Civic Resistance and Human Security". The event will be hosted and organized by Center for Research Development and Publication (CRDP). Invited speakers and lecturers are practitioners and scholars from Kosovo, the Region and the United Kingdom. The Summer School is open to participants of all professional and academic backgrounds, but mainly targets civil society activists, journalists and civil servants from related......
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ИРМИ публикува доклад за най-осезаемите заплахи за човешката сигурност в България като част от трансгранично изследване на тема форми и пространства на насилие на Балканите и в Турция. Докладът, озаглавен "Битовата престъпност и контролираният......
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IRIS has published a report on the most acute threats to human security in Bulgaria as part of cross-border research on forms and spaces of violence in the Balkans and Turkey. The report, entitled Conventional Crime and Controlled Voting As Acute Threats to Human Security in Bulgaria, includes findings of field research in Northwest and Southwest Bulgaria on the two most immediate human security issues in Bulgaria as defined......
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