This paper replicates Oskooii (2020), “Perceived Discrimination and Political Behavior” (British Journal of Political Science 50(3): 867–892), and introduces two extensions. Oskooii (2020) provides strong evidence that exposure to societal discrimination discourages minorities from mainstream political participation, while political discrimination facilitates it; both forms of discrimination, however, strengthen in-group attachment. This study adds two robustness checks and two extensions. The robustness checks re-estimate the original models by modifying the control matrix and by introducing new outcome variables. The extensions apply matching methods to the original data and re-estimate the models using a survey of newly arrived immigrants. The results suggest that Oskooii’s theoretical mechanism does not readily extend to other forms of political behaviour and is only partially applicable to other populations, such as immigrants. This replication finds consistent evidence that political and societal discrimination both foster ethnic-based engagement and that exposure to societal discrimination can lead to some forms of political participation.
Does state repression in non-democratic regimes affect citizens’ democratic aspirations? While existing work suggests repression either deters dissent through heightened sense of fear or provokes it when intimidation is low, we argue that these dynamics are not mutually exclusive. When perceived costs of enduring the status quo match or exceed the costs of mobilizing, repression can cause both fear and pro-democratic aspirations to rise concomitantly. Leveraging an Unexpected Event During Survey Design surrounding the alleged use of a Long Range Acoustic Device during mass protests in Serbia, a hybrid regime undergoing rapid autocratization, we provide causal evidence that repression can reinforce rather than suppress democratic commitments, despite heightened fear. This study contributes to existing research on responses to state repression by providing evidence of the resilience of democratic aspirations under hostile conditions. The findings demonstrate that democratic aspirations may be reinvigorated by the very forces that seek to suppress it.
Working Paper
How To Trust Them After I Saw Who They Vote For? The Effects of Electoral Support for Populist Right-Wing Parties on Social Trust of Immigrants in Western Europe.
Andrej Cvetić
2026
Working Paper
In the System We Trust! Electoral Support for the Populist Right and Political Trust Among Immigrants in Western Europe
Andrej Cvetić
2026
Working Paper
EPSA 2024
When Normalisation Comes at No Cost? Legitimisation of the Populist Right and Mental Health of Immigrants
Andrej Cvetić
2026
Pre-analysis Plan
It’s Not Where They Come From, but What They Bring with Themselves: Gender Expression, Sexuality, and Disability in Attitudes towards Asylum Seekers
Stanje i dometi teorije regionalnog bezbednosnog kompleksa u proučavanju regiona u međunarodnim odnosima [Reviewing the Condition and Reach of the Regional Security Complex Theory in the Study of Regions in International Relations]
U ovom radu obrazložićemo stav da je teorija regionalnog bezbednosnog kompleksa (TRBK) (Buzan and Waever 2003), najadekvatnije pozicionirana među različitim „regionalističkim” pristupima u međunarodnim odnosima, bilo u pogledu izgradnje teorije bilo u empirijskim istraživanjima o regionalnoj bezbednosti. Ciljevi ovog rada su trostruki: a) da predstavi TRBK u savremenom proučavanju regionalne bezbednosti; b) da mapira studije regionalne bezbednosti i sagleda odnos TRBK sa drugim (srodnim/rivalskim) teorijama; c) da oceni karakter sagledanog odnosa TRBK i drugih teorija regionalne bezbednosti. Tako postavljenim ciljevima odgovaraju tri metodološka koraka. Prvo, pregledom literature želimo ukazati na teorijsku evoluciju i empirijsku primenu TRBK tokom prethodne dve decenije. Drugo, ponudićemo pregled i klasifikaciju relevantnih koncepata drugih „regionalističkih” teorija za koje smatramo da „rezonuju” sa okvirom TRBK. Treće, odgovorićemo na pitanje da li je i u kojoj meri je TRBK kompatibilna sa konceptima užih, rivalskih pristupa. Smatramo da TRBK može poslužiti kao svojevrstan „interfejs” širih studija regionalne bezbednosti. Kako bismo ilustrovali predloženi postupak, u trećem odeljku rama se raspravlja o prednostima koje TRBK kao teorija srednjeg obima ima u odnosu na rivalske pristupe koji se usredsređuju na regionalne poretke (Katzenstein 2005; Frazier and Stewart-Ingersoll 2010), regionalne bezbednosne zajednice (Adler and Barnett 1998), ili regionalni „multipleks” međunarodni poredak (Acharya 2014; Acharya 2018). Zaključak upućuje na mogućnosti hibridizacije TRBK i srodnih/rivalskih teorijskih pristupa, što otvara značajna pitanja za dalji razvoj istraživačkog programa studija regionalne bezbednosti u trećoj deceniji XXI veka.
Edited Volume
U potrazi za A: Aseksualnost i aseksualni aktivizam u Hrvatskoj i Srbiji
Cilj ovog rada je da temu aseksualnosti prikaže kao relevantnu za rodne studije i queer teoriju kroz pregled teorije o aseksualnosti i načina ispoljavanja aseksualnosti u dru- štvu. Na početku ocrtavamo teorijske okvire unutar kojih se razumeva aseksualnost i ključn tačke definisanja. U daljem toku rada bavimo se vidovima diskriminacije koje trpe aseksualne osobe, proučavamo vidove ispoljavanja aseksualnosti u društvu, kao i promene koje aseksualnost donosi u domenu veza. Pružamo pregled razvoja, ali i sadašnje stanje istraživanja i teorija koje se odnose na aseksualnost. U radu diskutujemo o tome da li je aseksualnost deo queer politika i da li u okviru queer politika predstavlja društvenu promenu u odnosu na LGB politike.
Edited Volume
Uncovering an A: Asexuality and Asexual Activism in Croatia and Serbia
This is one of the first empirical accounts of asexuality and asexuality-related activism in Serbia and Croatia. The authors argue that in contemporary hypersexualised societies, even the queer community can be discriminating against asexual people, often negating a possibility for them to engage in committed and meaningful personal relationships. By drawing upon interviews with asexually identified respondents and various other empirical sources, the authors underscore the potential of asexuality to represent a departure point of (a)sexual emancipation, in which sexual practices would not be understood as inherent dimensions of any identity. Asexuality may question the ways in which even politically radical struggles perpetuate sexuality as a necessity and one of the key features of humanity.