Journal of Contemporary European Studies

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Contemporary European Studies is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
The symbolic representation of the ‘People’ and the ‘Homeland’ in Spanish left populism: an opportunity for feminist politics?22
Power beyond borders? Analysing formal and informal tools of the European Parliament in EU enlargement policy21
The differential impact of EU attitudes on voting behaviour in the European parliamentary elections 201917
Influencing the general public? The self-perceived communicative roles of Norwegian and Danish far-right anti-immigration actors15
“We will burn anything we can”: Czech presidency and EU nuclear Renaissance15
Small EU member states and Brexit: introduction13
A small state finding its way in the EU: Croatia and its approach to Brexit13
The rising fear of terrorism and the emergence of a European security governance space: citizen perceptions and EU counterterrorism cooperation12
European transnationalism between successes and shortcomings: threats, strategies and actors under the microscope12
Radicalism, identity construction and emotionality in social movements: #BogaziciDireniyor and the challenge to authoritarianism12
Resilience in EU crisis interventions in Ukraine: A complexity perspective12
Non-recognizing the Other? Discursive deligitimation of the EAEU by the EU11
The role of (rule of law) conditionality in MFF 2021-2027 and Next Generation EU, or the stressed budget11
Political drivers of Muslim youth radicalisation in France: religious radicalism as a response to nativism11
Same rights different outcomes? Decomposition of differences in over-qualification among mobile EU workers11
The EU as a weak and authoritative traitor: signs of post-socialist ressentiment and populist rhetoric in online civic anti-European discourses11
Homelands and dictators: migration, memory, and belonging between Southeastern Europe and Chile11
Mapping citizens, voters, and parties’ preferences on European solidarity across EU member states10
Bringing Erasmus home: the European universities initiative as an example of ‘Everyday Europeanhood’10
Framing the Eastern Partnership in the European Union’s and Russia’s institutional discourse10
Tracing Jewish family history in a post-Holocaust world9
Measuring Czech Armed Forces’ resilience to hybrid interference8
EU-Turkey Relations: Theories, Institutions, and Policies8
Covid-19 and the collective securitisation of schengen: an analysis of EU and national responses to border control8
State positioning in European military AI networks: a social network analysis of European partnerships in military AI8
Counter-terrorism and the repression of Islamic activism: Hizb ut-Tahrir in Britain and Denmark8
Is the rule of law really a European concern? Mediatized rule of law conflicts and the contestation of the independence of the judiciary in France and Italy8
Policing protest: the post-democratic state and the figure of black insurrection8
Perceptions, images and emotions towards the European Union (EU) in Latin America: between admiration and resentment8
Substantiating EU citizenship: an unintended route to anti-establishment support7
Transnational diffusion and far-right latent social movements: unveiling the survival of anti-immigration mobilisation in Portugal7
Integration or exclusion? Assimilation of non-Irish nationals into the Irish labour market7
Connectivity of the EU’s Eastern Partnership region: contestation between liberal and illiberal approaches7
Sanitary segregation imposed by Big Brother – a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of Grzegorz Braun’s radical anti-vaccine rhetoric7
Immigration policy and right-wing populism in Western Europe7
The art of securitising. Orbán’s handling of the European refugee crisis7
Sensing, imagining, doing Europe : Europeanisation in the boundary work of welcome cultures6
Agreeing on the European COVID-19 budget package – multiple streams in the European Union6
Need a little love? Go South: patterns of trust across EU member states6
Europe between Russia’s self and others: continuity and transformation in Russia’s perceptions of the European Union6
Pax Transatlantica; America and Europe in the Post-Cold War Era6
Public opinion about Finland joining NATO: analysing Twitter posts by performing natural language processing6
Divided Towns, Integration and Cross-border Cooperation. The Cases of Cieszyn/Český Těšín and Słubice/Frankfurt (Oder)5
European identity and European political parties5
Conflicting dynamics of public attitudes toward austerity: evidence from Europe (2010–2011)5
Ontological (In)security in theRassemblement National’sdystopian narrative of the EU5
Unpacking negative public attitudes towards European union integration: insights from a qualitative study in Slovakia5
Conflict conditionality in the Western Balkans: its conceptualization, evolution, and nature5
Populist radical-right governments in Central-Eastern Europe and education policy-making: a comparison of Hungary and Poland5
The role of European and national identity and threat perceptions in attitudes towards immigrants5
China’s discourse on the belt and road initiative: a hidden threat to European security logic?5
International development policies in Central and Eastern Europe since EU accession: increasing divergence?5
Coping, struggling, or just getting by? Brexit and its implications for Czech and Slovak security and defence policies5
All roads lead to Rome? Analysing the electoral performance of populist radical left parties in Europe (2008-2018): a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis5
Cosmopolitanism in contemporary European societies: mapping and comparing different types of openness across Europe5
Change in the Baltic Sea region: geopolitics, identity, and the Russian negative integration factor5
European political narratives in higher education: towards an ever-stronger politicisation?5
The rise and fall of the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment: ‘open strategic autonomy’ in action5
The “green wave” in the EU Twittersphere during the May 2019 election campaign5
Introduction: social movements and radicalisation in Europe5
EUPD performance in Latin America: Assessing the cases of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia5
Alliance-building between great power commitment and misperceptions: failed balancing despite alignment efforts in the post-Soviet space4
EU Fiscal Capacity – Legal Integration after COVID-19 and the War in Ukraine EU Fiscal Capacity – Legal Integration after COVID-19 and the War in Ukraine , by Federico F4
Does the EU message impact public attitudes toward the death penalty in EU membership-aspiring countries? Lessons from Albania4
Whatever happened to Red Belt rural communism in Western Europe? A comparative perspective on the Finnish case4
Framing collective identities in Swedish and Spanish left-leaning parties’ intra-party education4
EU and US Foreign economic policy responses to China, the end of naivety4
Centrist and Radical Right Populists in Central and Eastern Europe: Divergent Visions of History and the EU4
Ukraine and the willingness to fight for one’s country4
The Russia-Ukraine war of 2022: faces of modern conflict The Russia-Ukraine war of 2022: faces of modern conflict , edited by Agnieszka Kasińska-Metryka and Karolina Pał4
Brexit and the Migrant Voice: EU Citizens in post-Brexit Literature and Culture4
The European Union agenda in Erdogan’s argumentative discourse: an analysis of the ideational sources and interactive functions of political reasoning4
The Multiannual financial framework 2021–2027 and Next Generation EU - A turning point of EU multi-level governance?4
The Jean Monnet action and the EU public diplomacy in India4
EU regional trade agreements. An instrument of promoting the rule of law to third states4
Roles and ideologies in foreign policy: the Czech positions on the EU migration crisis4
Innovations, Reinvented Politics and Representative Democracy4
Between policy issues and values: the public discourse of constrained presidents in Western Europe4
Restoring economic pride? How right-wing populists moralize economic change4
Brexit coping strategies of the Baltic states4
Radicalisation and radicalism: the double face of prejudice in the Spanish case of the Neo-Nazi group Hogar Social (2014–2019)4
History of the Adriatic: a sea and its civilisation4
Mapping party support for EU referendums after Brexit: results from an expert survey3
Baltic States’ EU membership: discursive search for (and failure to obtain) farewell from Russia3
Eastern enlargement 2.0? EU enlargement discourses in the European Parliament before and after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine3
Global perspectives on European Union public diplomacy: an introduction3
Informal compliance mechanisms in the EU ‘development’ and ‘integration without membership’ association agreements: a quest for capacity and ownership?3
Debating irregular migration in the European Parliament: a ‘parliament without a public’ or the voice of the people?3
The ‘migrant other’ as a security threat: the ‘migration crisis’ and the securitising move of the Polish ruling party in response to the EU relocation scheme3
French attitude to Ukraine’s EU membership: from indifference through securitisation to alternatives3
Between constraint co-production and real co-creation of public services: citizen involvement as public service innovation. Lessons from Poland3
Narrowing the ‘expectations deficit’? Evolving Japanese expectations of the EU as an Indo-Pacific security actor (2020–2022)3
Going back and forth: European Union resilience-building in Moldova between 2014 and 20203
Alternative science, alternative experts, alternative politics. The roots of pseudoscientific beliefs in Western Europe3
A reluctant European? The Czech Republic’s EU membership experience read through the EU Council Presidency3
Crises of European integration. Joining together or falling apart?3
Resilient states vs. resilient societies? The ‘dark side’ of resilience narratives in EU relations with authoritarian regimes: a case study of Belarus3
English Nationalism and Its Ghost Towns English Nationalism and Its Ghost Towns , by Luke TELFORD, Routledge, Abingdon, 2022, 166 pp., £130.00 (hardback), ISBN: 978103203
Negotiations in the Council of the EU under a new institutional setting: the case of the asylum policy3
No to the ‘mad’ Green Deal, yes to ‘quality’ Czech food: how the far-right populist Freedom and Direct Democracy messages on environmental issues3
(Pro)-Russian (dis)information in Moldova: eroding vertical trust in Sandu and the PAS government?3
Still a great power? Russia’s status dilemmas post-Ukraine war3
Networked social movements and radicalisation: yellow vests’ cross-ideological horizon for underrepresented groups3
Post-peasant progressivism as a kind of populism3
The Limits of Party Unionism: Far-Right Projects of Trade Union Building in Belgium, France, and Germany3
Choosing among the chosen? Electoral lists and party primaries in Europe3
Spain as the EU’s ‘champion’ in Latin America: elites, government trustworthiness, and free trade3
What makes democratic institutions resilient to crises? Applying a novel analytical framework to the case of Finland2
Show me how to live: transactional advocacy organizations, managerial populism, and the EU2
Poland as an emigration and an immigration country – dynamics of change from the local and individual perspective2
Partial democratization and healthcare reforms in a hybrid regime: the case of Georgia2
How the traumatic past influences the vote of the populist radical right parties in Germany, Poland, and Spain2
When do football fans tend to acquire a more Europeanised mind-set? The impact of participation in European club competitions2
The societal foundations of German nation-centred economic policies: trade surplus, energy transition, and Eurozone debt2
(Br)exit citizenship: belonging, rights and participation2
Coping with an EU and Domestic Crisis: Ireland’s Approach to Brexit2
Evolving populist rhetoric: how public approval shapes its employment2
Germany’s benchmark status in the Eurozone2
Fundamental right or political value? The evolution of ‘freedom of religion or belief’ in the European Union’s legitimation and public action2
Polarization of gender role attitudes across Europe2
Facts, values and the policy world2
Game of frames: a content analysis of politicians’ framing of public service media on Facebook and Instagram in the Czech Republic2
Ontological insecurity and securitization dynamics: the co-constitution of borders between Italy and the EU after the refugee crisis of 20152
Heroisation and victimisation: populism, commemorative narratives and National Days in Hungary and Poland2
Historical preparation and ideological legitimisation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine: a critical discourse2
Brexit and the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement in comparison: EU principles and practices of governing the neighbourhood2
Does left populism short-circuit itself? Podemos in the labyrinths of cultural elitism and radical leftism2
The sense of nations for cooperation. How threat perception and ideology influence counterterrorism cooperation between EU members2
Moral policy entrepreneurship: the role of NGOs in the EU’s external human rights policy towards China2
The anxious and resilient European Union: experiencing FOMO in the increasingly geopolitical world order2
The Akademik Lomonosov and the Arctic legal regime: geopolitics versus international law?2
Civil society and populism in Europe: outbreak or cure?2
Publishers Note2
Belonging to the nation, belonging to Europe? Varieties of particularism and universalism in migrant identity negotiation2
Franco-German leadership in the context of EU defence policy: from Brexit to the strategic compass2
Frontiers of digital sovereignty: drones and military security in the Baltic States2
EU climate diplomacy towards the IMO and ICAO2
Rivals in Arms: the rise of UK-France defence relations in the Twenty-first century2
Generational differences in the identification of Europeans: the role of the great recession2
Asian expectations of the EU at a time of global disruption: a cross-country comparative study2
We, the … elites? Anti-elitism of governing populist parties in Poland, Greece, and Ukraine2
Radical right populism in Germany: AfD, Pegida, and the Identitarian movement2
EU socio- economic governance in central and Eastern Europe: the European semester and national employment policies2
Representing the radical right of the Grande Nation in the Grand Duchy: the viral ‘fortress Europe’, the contagious ‘borderless Europe’ and the non-communicable ‘cross-border regional Europe’2
Covid-19 and free movement restrictions in the Nordic countries – how did Finnish and Swedish MPs justify and criticise border controls?2
Does federalism enhance representative democracy? Perpetual reform and shifting power in a divided Belgium2
Europeanization of citizens vis-á-vis regional politicians: the case of the German-speaking Community of Belgium in the Euregio Maas-Rhine2
Public Discourses and Attitudes in Greece during the Crisis. Framing the Role of the European Union, Germany and National Governments2
Understanding the EU as a good global actor ambitions, values and metrics Understanding the EU as a good global actor ambitions, values and metrics , by Alina Carrozzini2
Are European social spending policies effective in the fight against gender inequality?2
Two decades of changing dependency on Russian gas in Central and Eastern Europe: strategies versus achievements1
Baltic democracies beyond the EU accession: media as a bearer of democratic culture and means of resilience in navigating uncertainties1
Credit positive or negative? Credit rating agencies’ framing of Brexit’s implications for the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, the EU, and the Northern Ireland peace process1
Addressing the paradox of tolerance in liberal democracies: why do France and Germany respond differently to right-wing radicalism?1
OK Google: is (s)he guilty?1
FortressEurope integrating through division: an actantial narrative analysis1
The use of the OSCE Moscow mechanism and international humanitarian law in the Russian aggression against Ukraine1
Actors and Sites for Knowledge Production on Radicalisation in Europe and Beyond1
Introduction: resilient states versus resilient societies? Whose security does the EU protect through the Eastern Partnership in times of geopolitical crises?1
Central Europe thirty years after the fall of communism. A return to the margins?1
From an amplifier to a silencer: the Slovak EU presidency and energy policy1
Social media solidarity in times of polycrisis. The case of Twitter1
Migration and populism in Bulgaria1
Europeanization as a hegemonic process: the counter-hegemonic coal phase-out struggle in Turkey1
Contesting cosmopolitan Europe: Euroscepticism, crisis and borders1
Gender and work in Europe: towards the end of inequality?1
Factors affecting Russian elites’ perceptions of civil protests: evidence from the survey of Russian elites, 2016 and 20201
Challenges to energy policy in the context of the Russian–Ukrainian conflict. An overview of the case of Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey1
Serbia’s hybrid warfare: consequences for neighboring countries1
European Parliament’s Political Groups in Turbulent Times1
European union as a road to serfdom: The Alt-Right’s inversion of narratives on European integration1
The European Union’s ‘never again’ Arctic narrative1
Comparative perceptions of the EU in the Indo-Pacific: India, Japan and Indonesia1
Feet of clay: five cultural vulnerabilities of the Russian state in the face of the war in Ukraine1
When identity becomes strategy: elite narratives and the road to war in Ukraine1
How to approach state capture in post-communist Europe. A new research agenda1
The (changing) concept of democracy in (transforming) European populist radical right discourses: the case of Polish Law and Justice1
Entrenching positions? The dynamics of Brexit negotiations mirrored in British, Irish, and EU executives’ speeches1
Translating the complexity of EU differentiation: a comparative analysis of news coverage in Germany, Denmark, and the UK1
The staging of the Brexit rhetoric inside the European Parliament: The case of Nigel Farage1
The War in Ukraine’s Donbass – Origins, Context, and the Future1
The Brexit effect: what leaving the EU means for British politics1
European security: from Ukraine to Washington1
Brexit and Malta’s coping strategies: diverging shelters1
The uncertainty of waiting: the liminality of the Western Balkans in the process of EU enlargement1
Different sides, same story. Common factors that contributed to the success of the populist radical parties in Spain1
Discursive strategies for citizen participation in the EU: a normative assessment of the Conference on the Future of Europe1
Invasion of Ukraine: Frames and sentiments in Zelensky’s Twitter communication1
Finland’s responses to Brexit: seeking shelter while hedging against changing risks1
The EU’s Response to Brexit: United and Effective1
A tale of two memberships: analysing post-2004 official governmental discourse on the EU in Czechia and Slovakia1
EU Eastern Partnership, Ontological Security and EU- Ukraine/Russian warfare1
No longer sidelined? Football fandom, belonging, and the boundaries of Europe1
Europol and cybercrime: Europol’s sharing decryption platform1
Illiberal challenges to the European Union’s legitimacy from within and without: the rule of law and refugee crises1
Public diplomacy and the persistence of the conflict and cooperation dichotomy in EU-Russia relations1
Ukraine: remedial secession and Russian aggression1
Spillover terrorism? Exploring the effects of the Israel-Hamas war on jihadist violence in Europe1
In search of an appropriate channel for voicing political concerns: political participation among radicalised youth in Europe1
Fanning the flames? An exploration of EU discourse on culture in the Eastern Partnership1
Drivers of domestic politicisation of European issues: explaining low politicisation of differentiated integration in Czechia1
Renewable energy and its financing instruments in the European Union: new trends in development?1
Implementation in the European Union. A concept structural meta-study of environmental and social policy1
The global actorness of the EU seen from the Korean media and elites: a capability-expectations gap or an expectations deficit?1
The continuing significance of the council of the EU presidency for small states: agenda setting or painting-by-numbers?1
Who accepts electoral clientelism? The role of personality traits in Romania1
The ‘pure polish people’ vs the ‘European elite’ – how do populism and Euroscepticism interact in Polish politics?1
Margarita M. Balmaceda “Russian energy chains: the remaking of technopolitics from Siberia to Ukraine to the European Union”1
The political construction of the ‘citizen turn’ in the EU: disintermediation and depoliticisation in the Conference on the Future of Europe1
Struggle and banality of belonging to Europe. Cultural Europeanization from the perspective of the Central and East European citizens1
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