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Through my MPhil in Comparative Politics at the University of Oxford I have developed the ability to visualise individual phenomena and problems in their bigger picture and came out with research-based solutions.
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Do post-Communist citizens hold materialistic attitudes about the environment? In this essay, I a... more Do post-Communist citizens hold materialistic attitudes about the environment? In this essay, I answer affirmatively to the question, stating that citizens in post-communist countries hold materialistic attitudes about the environment. In fact, there is an extensive literature showing that post-communist citizens' support for environmental movements is not driven by postmaterialist values, but rather survivalist concerns (Lee and Norris 2000; Chaisty and Whitefield 2012; Whitefield 2003; Marquart-Pyatt 2012). However, I limit the scope of this affirmative answer arguing that the materialist-postmaterialist value distinction is not extremely relevant to explain the "political" implications of environmentalism in postcommunist countries-such as participation in environmental movements, voting behaviour, or contestation. In fact, considering these political implications, attitudes towards environment seem to be generally underplayed, independently from their materialist or postmaterialist nature. I therefore propose that supply-side explanations focusing on the agency of parties and environmental actors under the constraints of communist legacies might better explain not only the dominance of materialist values, but the general underplaying of attitudes towards
Do party-voter linkages explain electoral volatility in Post-communist countries? Party systems i... more Do party-voter linkages explain electoral volatility in Post-communist countries? Party systems in post-communist countries have been highly fluid since the beginning of their transition, and despite some signs of stabilization appearing in certain country cases-i.e. Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Slovakia-the region is still characterized by instability and unpredictability, especially when compared to party systems in Western Europe
Exam Paper , 2020
Do post-Communist citizens hold materialistic attitudes about the environment? In this essay, I a... more Do post-Communist citizens hold materialistic attitudes about the environment? In this essay, I answer affirmatively to the question, stating that citizens in post-communist countries hold materialistic attitudes about the environment. In fact, there is an extensive literature showing that post-communist citizens' support for environmental movements is not driven by postmaterialist values, but rather survivalist concerns (Lee and Norris 2000; Chaisty and Whitefield 2012; Whitefield 2003; Marquart-Pyatt 2012). However, I limit the scope of this affirmative answer arguing that the materialist-postmaterialist value distinction is not extremely relevant to explain the "political" implications of environmentalism in postcommunist countries-such as participation in environmental movements, voting behaviour, or contestation. In fact, considering these political implications, attitudes towards environment seem to be generally underplayed, independently from their materialist or postmaterialist nature. I therefore propose that supply-side explanations focusing on the agency of parties and environmental actors under the constraints of communist legacies might better explain not only the dominance of materialist values, but the general underplaying of attitudes towards
Do party-voter linkages explain electoral volatility in Post-communist countries? Party systems i... more Do party-voter linkages explain electoral volatility in Post-communist countries? Party systems in post-communist countries have been highly fluid since the beginning of their transition, and despite some signs of stabilization appearing in certain country cases-i.e. Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Slovakia-the region is still characterized by instability and unpredictability, especially when compared to party systems in Western Europe