By Daniel Šitera Using the ‘travelling theory’ paradigm, this article reviews two progressive books in the Comparative Capitalisms (CC) scholarship; New Directions in Comparative Capitalisms Research: Critical and Global Perspectives (eds.: Matthias Ebenau, Ian Bruff & Christian May) and The…
New Perspectives: Interdisciplinary Journal of Central & East European Politics and International Relations We are delighted to present this second issue of New Perspectives – our subscribers have access to the full contents of the journal, which are listed and…
By Benjamin Tallis, Editor-in-Chief Low was a reaction to having gone through that peculiar… that dull greenie-grey limelight of America and its repercussions; pullingmyself out of it and getting to Europe and saying, For God’s sake re-evaluate why you wanted…
Prospect’s cherry-picked evidence says more about the authors’ ideological prejudice than the true state of the Central European countries they disparage. By Benjamin Cunningham The authors of the current cover piece in Prospect magazine, Anton Shekhovtsov and Peter Pomerantsev, are…
We are delighted to share a new translation of one of the most interesting Czech surrealist authors, Vítězslav Nezval. To quote Stephan Delbos & Tereza Novická, authors of a new translation of The Absolute Gravedigger, “[This collection] is dazzling. Nezval’s musicality and imagery…
This articles uncovers the interworking’s of voting behavior and the methodology behind why certain voting patterns emerge. The article dissects the role of domestic party interests in Czech political parties, and concludes that these interests undermine the formal oversight of EU…
By Benjamin Tallis However, as so often when responding quickly, perhaps even hastily to acts of political violence or terrorism, the effectiveness of these measures is uncertain. Much of the ‘security’ they purport to provide is an illusion that can…
Call for Papers for the panel titled Critical Security Studies meets Critical Policy Studies: New Perspectives on Politics, Knowledge, and Security at the European Consortium for Political Research – ECPR General Conference on September 7 – 10, 2016 in Prague….
The recent debates on migration in the Czech Republic have opened up allegations of Islamophobia. Although the context is new, this is not a new issue in the Czech society. This article provides a valuable analysis of the foundations of public…
By Ondřej Šálek In April 2015, Vít Jedlička declared a free (micro) state on the borders of Serbia and Croatia, which he called Liberland. For some Czechs, this peculiar entity represents hope of a decent life without the burden of…
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