SAS political scientists in publications by Brill Publishing House
Before the end of 2025, the prestigious international publishing house Brill published two publications, which include contributions from the staff of the Institute of Political Sciences of the SAS.
The collective monograph A Companion to Political Leadership in Central and Eastern Europe after 1990. Democratisation – Political Parties – Elections, edited by Maciej Hartliński, was published as part of the Brill’s Companions to the Slavic World (Volume 3) series. It is the result of extensive comparative research on political leaders in 13 countries of the former Soviet bloc – focusing on the emergence of political parties, the formation of governments, and presidential elections. The Institute’s employee, Juraj Marušiak, is the author of a chapter on the relationship between the introduction of direct elections for the President of the Slovak Republic in 1999 and the stability of political parties. The publication is available at this link.
The second publication, edited by Peter Dinuš, an employee of the Institute, together with Dominika Dinušová from the Academy of the Police Force of the Slovak Republic, deals with the issue of socioeconomic and political development in Latin America (Social and Political Experiments: Latin America in the 21st century (eds. Marek Hrubec & Dominika Dinušová). The publication deals with social and political transformations in Latin America in the 21st century. It analyses new emancipatory trends that follow on from previous waves of social change on the continent. P. Dinuš and Dinušová are the authors of the chapter that deals with the characteristics of the socialist regime in Cuba in the 21st century. The collective monograph is available at this link.
Compiled by: Juraj Marušiak, Institute of Political Sciences, SAS