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Florin FEŞNIC

Florin is a researcher at the Center for the Study of Democracy in the Department of Political Science, „Babes-Bolyai” University, Cluj, Romania.  He received a BA in Political Science from “Babes-Bolyai,” MA degrees from Central European University and University of Rochester, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.  His research interests include the study of extreme right-wing parties and the determinants of support for the extreme right, Euroskepticism, democracy and democratization, and the effects of civic education on political culture.  Among his publications are entries for The Sage Encyclopedia of Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior (2008; edited by Kenneth Warren), and two chapters, “The Democratic-Liberal Party as a Successful Catch-All Party” and “Migration and Political Tolerance in Romania” (the latter co-authored with Raluca Viman-Miller) in Romania under Băsescu: Aspirations, Achievements, and Frustrations during his First Presidential Term (Lexington Press, 2011, edited by Ronald King and Paul Sum).

Ultimele publicații | Latest publications

Articol în limba engleză | English-language research article
Florin FEȘNIC (2015) Can Civic Education Make a Difference for Democracy? Hungary and Poland Compared, Political Studies |  doi: 10.1111/1467-9248.12215

Articol în limba engleză | English-language research article
Florin N. FEȘNIC (2015) Economic Development, Religion and Institutional Design: What Is Their Impact on Democracy in Post-communist Countries?, Analele Universității din București. Seria Științe Politice 17 (2): 99-118. [open access]

În pregătire | Work in progress

Volum în limba română | Romanian-language volume
În colaborare cu Centrul pentru Studierea Democraţiei, UBB Cluj-Napoca | In collaboration with the Center for the Study of Democracy, University Babeş-Bolyai Cluj-Napoca

Oana ARMEANU, Florin, FEŞNIC, Luciana Alexandra GHICA, coord. (2016) Sisteme politice europene [European political systems], Bucharest: Editura Universităţii Bucureşti / Bucharest University Press.