Martino Comelli
Biographic Data
| ID | 367060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martino Comelli |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martino |
| FAMILY NAME | Comelli |
| SIGNATURE | COMELLI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central European University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9640-0310 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Poor but sovereign
Why does geopolitical ambivalence persist in a country that has substantially benefited from European integration? Using a 2024 survey in Slovakia and structural equation modelling, this article tests whether two evaluations of the post-1989 settlement – nostalgia for state socialism and distrust in EU institutions – mediate the relationship between self-reported household economic security and two outcomes: pro-Russian geopolitical alignment and…
Who Believes Slovakia Is Backward? Politics and Class in Slovak Backwardness Narratives
This article examines the social and political distribution of “backwardness narratives” in Slovakia, which portray the country as culturally or civilizationally lagging behind the West. Such narratives are commonly attributed to upper-class or middle-class discourse and criticized as a form of self-orientalization, yet their actual distribution across the population has rarely been tested empirically. Drawing on original representative survey da…
The Relationship Between Welfare and Capital Controls
This paper investigates the relationship between welfare state and capital flow management. Complementing the literature on the implications of financial globalization for social protection, we argue that the coverage and priorities of welfare states matter more than the amount of spending when it comes to the degree of capital account openness. In theoretical terms, this relationship is consistent with the protective and productive functions of …
Welfare Composition and the Institutional Wealth of Nations
The rise of institutional investors is deeply intertwined with the structure of the welfare state. This article contends that welfare programs do not simply resist or accommodate financialization, but actively constitute its institutional foundations. Analyzing OECD countries, we move beyond debates casting social policy and finance as simple substitutes or complements. Instead, we reveal that their relationship hinges on the functional compositi…
Paradoxes of (Il)liberal democracy
Studies on the democratic backsliding in Central Eastern Europe (CEE) often focus on local dysfunctions and idiosyncrasies, and they tend to overlook how those authoritarian tendencies are deeply influenced by European integration. I argue that the wave of authoritarianism in CEE is exacerbated by a shared political culture based on Christian Democracy (CD), and instead of divergence between Western and CEE, a form of convergence is happening. I …
The impact of welfare on household debt
This article aims to advance the theoretical understanding of how welfare affects household needs and willingness to take on debt across OECD countries. Previous sociological literature has attempted to explain indebtedness through the quantity of welfare spending, by searching for a tradeoff between the lack of welfare and the increase of household debt. Based on the “life cycle” hypothesis, according to which people take on debt when they are y…
The impact of welfare on household debt
This article aims to advance the theoretical understanding of how welfare affects household needs and willingness to take on debt across OECD countries. Previous sociological literature has attempted to explain indebtedness through the quantity of welfare spending, by searching for a tradeoff between the lack of welfare and the increase of household debt. Based on the “life cycle” hypothesis, according to which people take on debt when they are y…
Paradoxes of (Il)liberal democracy
Studies on the democratic backsliding in Central Eastern Europe (CEE) often focus on local dysfunctions and idiosyncrasies, and they tend to overlook how those authoritarian tendencies are deeply influenced by European integration. I argue that the wave of authoritarianism in CEE is exacerbated by a shared political culture based on Christian Democracy (CD), and instead of divergence between Western and CEE, a form of convergence is happening. I …
The impact of welfare on household debt
This article aims to advance the theoretical understanding of how welfare affects household needs and willingness to take on debt across OECD countries. Previous sociological literature has attempted to explain indebtedness through the quantity of welfare spending, by searching for a tradeoff between the lack of welfare and the increase of household debt. Based on the “life cycle” hypothesis, according to which people take on debt when they are y…
Poor but sovereign
Why does geopolitical ambivalence persist in a country that has substantially benefited from European integration? Using a 2024 survey in Slovakia and structural equation modelling, this article tests whether two evaluations of the post-1989 settlement – nostalgia for state socialism and distrust in EU institutions – mediate the relationship between self-reported household economic security and two outcomes: pro-Russian geopolitical alignment and…
Who Believes Slovakia Is Backward? Politics and Class in Slovak Backwardness Narratives
This article examines the social and political distribution of “backwardness narratives” in Slovakia, which portray the country as culturally or civilizationally lagging behind the West. Such narratives are commonly attributed to upper-class or middle-class discourse and criticized as a form of self-orientalization, yet their actual distribution across the population has rarely been tested empirically. Drawing on original representative survey da…
The Relationship Between Welfare and Capital Controls
This paper investigates the relationship between welfare state and capital flow management. Complementing the literature on the implications of financial globalization for social protection, we argue that the coverage and priorities of welfare states matter more than the amount of spending when it comes to the degree of capital account openness. In theoretical terms, this relationship is consistent with the protective and productive functions of …
Welfare Composition and the Institutional Wealth of Nations
The rise of institutional investors is deeply intertwined with the structure of the welfare state. This article contends that welfare programs do not simply resist or accommodate financialization, but actively constitute its institutional foundations. Analyzing OECD countries, we move beyond debates casting social policy and finance as simple substitutes or complements. Instead, we reveal that their relationship hinges on the functional compositi…
Eastern European Communism and Reforms (3 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (3 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (3 works) · Welfare (3 works) · Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (2 works) · Welfare state (2 works) · Authoritarianism (1 work) · Capital (architecture (1 work)