![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() ![]() ![]() in Government and Opposition (2020), Online How do politicians in post-war societies talk about the past war? How do they discursively represent vulnerable social groups created by the conflict? Does the nature of this representation depend on the ... [more ▼] How do politicians in post-war societies talk about the past war? How do they discursively represent vulnerable social groups created by the conflict? Does the nature of this representation depend on the politicians’ ideology or their record of combat service? We answer these questions by pairing natural language processing tools and a large corpus of parliamentary debates with an extensive data set of biographical information including detailed records of war service for all members of parliament during two recent terms in Croatia. We demonstrate not only that veteran politicians talk about war differently from their non-veteran counterparts, but also that the sentiment of war-related political discourse is highly dependent on the speaker’s exposure to combat and ideological orientation. These results improve our understanding of the representational role played by combat veterans, as well as of the link between descriptive and substantive representation of vulnerable groups in post-war societies. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 73 (11 UL)![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies (2020), 20(3), 491-513 The paper analyses almost fifteen years of Croatian parliamentary debates and identifies a discourse of war legacies. Using the latest advancements in natural language processing, the paper utilizes ... [more ▼] The paper analyses almost fifteen years of Croatian parliamentary debates and identifies a discourse of war legacies. Using the latest advancements in natural language processing, the paper utilizes models based on latent semantic analysis and discusses how politicians talk about war in terms of common narratives and shared frameworks. Using a complex vector representation of war-related concepts, the paper specifically focuses on their framing in the context of right-wing authoritarianism. The results show a negative trend of pushing the most frequent war-related concepts to more extreme framing as a potential reflection of their political abuse and ongoing mythologization. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 53 (3 UL)![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Journal of International Relations & Development (2020), 23(3), 607-635 Detailed reference viewed: 137 (11 UL)![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Nations and Nationalism (2019), 25(4), 1325-1361 The paper addresses the question of what settings are empirically relevant for the occurrence of electoral violence in the region of Western Balkans and what theoretical paths may cover their logic ... [more ▼] The paper addresses the question of what settings are empirically relevant for the occurrence of electoral violence in the region of Western Balkans and what theoretical paths may cover their logic. Electoral violence has been part of the electoral arenas in the region for decades and although it has evolved and in some cases disappeared, a number of countries still experience it. The paper analyses original data on electoral violence collected from the OSCE monitoring reports covering 56 parliamentary elections organized between 1990 and 2015. Applying fuzzy‐set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA), the paper identifies four sub-models under which electoral violence is observed. The conjunctural logic that defines each and every of the discussed paths within the sub-models shows that the scenarios of electoral violence in the Western Balkans are always complex and potentially relevant conditions are never sufficient for the outcome on their own. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 126 (25 UL)![]() Glaurdic, Josip ![]() ![]() ![]() in Anali Hrvatskog politološkog društva: časopis za politologiju (2019), 15(1), 77-101 Wars are extreme events with profound social consequences. Political science, however, has a limited grasp of their impact on the nature and content of political competition which follows in their wake ... [more ▼] Wars are extreme events with profound social consequences. Political science, however, has a limited grasp of their impact on the nature and content of political competition which follows in their wake. That is partly the case due to a lack of conceptual clarity when it comes to capturing the effects of war with reliable data. This article systematises and evaluates the attempts at modelling the consequences of war in political science research which relies on quantitative methods. Our discussion is organised around three levels of analysis: individual level of voters, institutional level of political parties, and the aggregate level of communities. We devote particular attention to modelling the legacies of the most recent wars in Southeast Europe, and we offer our view of which efforts have the best potential to help set the foundations of a promising research programme. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 166 (28 UL)![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Problems of Post-Communism (2019), 66(6), 418-433 The paper analyses a structure of relations among the members of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, as reported through their memberships in bi- and multi ... [more ▼] The paper analyses a structure of relations among the members of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, as reported through their memberships in bi- and multi-lateral groups of friendship which establish professional contacts between the Chamber of Deputies and foreign parliaments. We approach the structure as a social network of MPs and interpret the memberships as proxy indicators of their interests/preferences in foreign affairs. The paper shows that inter-parliamentary groups construct a self-sustained independent structure for parliamentary diplomacy which may significantly differ from the official positions of the Government. We find that the studied network has a centralized core-periphery structure, in which deputies who are less prominent and those interested in authoritarian regimes occupy more central positions. The paper connects the findings with the current debates on Central European tendencies to look for allies in large authoritarian regimes (Russia and China), for which we argue the interparliamentary groups might play the role of an important communication channel. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 92 (4 UL)![]() ; ; et al Book published by STRATPOL (2019) Detailed reference viewed: 75 (0 UL)![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (2019), Online The paper analyses more than 20 years of evidence on electoral violence as reported by OSCE monitoring mission reports. It identifies prevailing trends of electoral violence in the OSCE participating ... [more ▼] The paper analyses more than 20 years of evidence on electoral violence as reported by OSCE monitoring mission reports. It identifies prevailing trends of electoral violence in the OSCE participating states in order to better understand how the phenomenon is understood and framed by leading international monitoring organizations in the region. The analysis utilizes a unique approach based on automated content analysis employing counting algorithms and latent semantic indexing. The results of the analysis show how electoral violence differs throughout the region while highlighting the qualitative variations in regional patterns of the reported incidents of election-related violence. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 102 (15 UL)![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() Book published by Routledge (2018) Detailed reference viewed: 65 (8 UL)![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Terrorism & Political Violence (2018), 30(4), 589-615 Detailed reference viewed: 104 (18 UL)![]() ![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Kořan, Michal (Ed.) Aktéři a tvorba české zahraniční politiky (2017) Detailed reference viewed: 35 (0 UL)![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Studies of Transition States and Societies (2017), 9(1), 35-52 Detailed reference viewed: 84 (0 UL)![]() ; Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Journal of International Relations & Development (2017), 22(3), 610-639 Detailed reference viewed: 118 (5 UL)![]() ![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Holzer, Jan; Mareš, Miroslav (Eds.) Challenges to Democracies in East Central Europe (2016) Detailed reference viewed: 28 (1 UL)![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Democracy and Security (2016), 12(4), 278-308 Detailed reference viewed: 32 (2 UL)![]() ; ; et al Book published by Osrodek Mysli Politycznej/Uniwersytet Masaryka (2016) Detailed reference viewed: 17 (0 UL)![]() ![]() ; ; Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Holzer, Jan; Mareš, Miroslav (Eds.) Challenges to Democracies in East Central Europe (2016) Detailed reference viewed: 42 (4 UL)![]() ![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Bátora, Peter; Ondrejcsák, Róbert (Eds.) Panorama of global security environment 2015 – 2016 (2016) Detailed reference viewed: 38 (4 UL)![]() ![]() Mochtak, Michal ![]() in Majer, Marián; Ondrejcsál, Róbert; Tarasovič, Vladimír (Eds.) et al Panorama of global security environment 2014 (2015) Detailed reference viewed: 17 (0 UL)![]() ; Mochtak, Michal ![]() in World Political Science (2015), 11(1), 157-185 Detailed reference viewed: 90 (3 UL) |
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