Captured states and/or captured societies in the Western Balkans

P Cvetičanin, J Bliznakovski, N Krstić - Southeast European and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article proposes the new concept of societal capture for analyzing informal practices
implemented by political elites in Western Balkan societies. In contrast to the notion of state …

External political efficacy and populist attitudes: Understanding the demand for populism in North Macedonia

J Bliznakovski, M Popovikj, V Reçica - Sociologija LVX (2023)(4): 517 …, 2023 - ceeol.com
This paper focuses on the underlying factors driving the demand for populism in North
Macedonia. It presents an argument on populist attitudes, illustrating empirically that within …

Recruitment of authoritarian individuals into clientelist networks: A comparative study of the Western Balkans

N Stankov - Annals Fac. L. Belgrade Int'l Ed., 2024 - HeinOnline
The article analyzes the use of precedent by the European Court of Human Rights. It
examines the various types of precedents in the practice of the Court and how they are …

Clientelistic Linkage Mechanisms in Post-Communist Democracies 2009-2023. DALP Evidence

J Bliznakovski - 2024 - preprints.apsanet.org
This paper presents initial findings from the expert survey data collection conducted as part
of the Democratic Accountability and Linkages Project (DALP) during 2022-2024, with a …

Clientelistic linkages in the Western Balkans: DALP II expert survey evidence

J Bliznakovski - Annals Fac. L. Belgrade Int'l Ed., 2024 - HeinOnline
The ongoing process of digitalisation has brought a number of new challenges to the
existing regulatory frameworks for consumer protection. One of these major challenges is …

Socially Endangered Families in the Solidarity Network

N Krstić, D Gavrilović, DS Zaharijevski - Global Social Welfare, 2021 - Springer
The paper is oriented toward an empirical examination of the characteristics of social
networks of socially deprived families. The topic is set within the context of previous …

Varieties of Political Clientelism: A Typology of Clientelist Exchanges in the Western Balkans and Beyond

J Bliznakovski - 2021 - repository.ukim.mk
Varieties of Political Clientelism: A Typology of Clientelist Exchanges in the Western Balkans
and Beyond Political Clientelism in the Western Balkans Collection of papers Jovan …