Sorina Soare
Biographic Data
| ID | 5696907 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sorina Soare |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sorina |
| FAMILY NAME | Soare |
| SIGNATURE | SOARE S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florence |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2967-4538 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Party digitalization and members’ empowerment
The digitalization of political parties has often been approached from the perspective of political parties. Previous studies discuss the potential impact of technology on empowerment, but the users’ attitudes to this are largely unknown. To address this gap in the literature, our article analyses how party members view the empowerment potential of digital tools in their party. We use data from semi-structured interviews conducted in November and…
Entangled Trajectories
Analysis of the Romanian and Bulgarian Elections. in both countries, the 2024 electoral configurations display reversed yet structurally analogous features. On the eve of the 2024 elections, Romania maintained a relatively institutionalized party system, albeit with the growing influence of far-right actors such as the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), alongside a constellation of smaller yet vocal parties and leaders who mobilized platf…
Navigating Complexity
Analisi del rapporto fra rottura e continuità del nuovo ciclo politico europeo
Speaking Out against the Discrimination of Romanians Abroad
Discrimination against minority ethnic groups has often been analyzed through the lenses of institutional action, antiminority rhetoric, and media framing in the countries of residence. However, we know little about how ethnic discrimination is approached in the home countries of these minorities. To address this gap in the literature, our article seeks to explain how Romanian parliamentarians address discrimination against coethnics abroad. We u…
Participatory budgeting and the perception of collective empowerment
Political parties and deliberation
Electoral performance beyond leaders? The organization of populist parties in postcommunist Europe
In spite of extensive research dedicated to the rise and development of fringe populist political parties in Eastern Europe, little attention has been paid to the organizational determinants of their electoral performance. This article aims to fill this void in the literature and analyzes the extent to which particular types of leadership and party organization could influence the electoral performance of three political parties from Bulgaria, Re…
Une communauté qui n’est plus en transition. Le cas de l’organisation des partis roumains à l’étranger
Si nous prenons en considération la définition classique du parti en tant qu’« ensemble de communautés, une réunion de petits groupes disséminés à travers le pays (sections, comités, associations locales, etc.) liés par des institutions coordinatrices » (Duverger, 1951, éd. 1992, p. 34), le processus de déterritorialisation de la citoyenneté a potentiellement des conséquences sur le territoire que les organisations des partis prennent en considér…
Party Membership in Romania
The article retraces the contradictions between the regulations and the practices shaping Romanian party membership in order to show why and how membership decline became an electoral-driven strategy. It contrasts high membership figures, the dynamics of legal definitions of party membership, and party routines. The results indicate that the Romanian example is an atypical case of incongruence between organisational configurations and party model…
Does the Iron Curtain Still Exist? The Convergence in Electoral Volatility between Eastern and Western Europe
The literature on party system change and electoral volatility in post-communist Europe tends to make a clear-cut distinction between Central and Eastern European (CEE) party systems and Western European (WE) ones. The former are unstable and unpredictable and electoral volatility is driven by the continuous emergence of new political parties. Conversely, electoral stability is the rule in the latter, and volatility is associated with electoral s…
A test of European Union post-accession influence
The positive role of the European Union (EU) in the democratization process in post-communist countries has been amply documented. The pre-accession conditionality was to a large extent the tool used to enhance adoption of norms, and implementation of policy. In this context, it is less clear what happens after countries join the EU and conditionality is no longer an option. This article seeks to provide an answer by analysing how the EU can infl…
Hit by Populism
Populist parties’ dazzling success has been registered in numerous new and old Member states for a while; populism has occupied a crucial position in Romanian politics since the onset of post-communism, with constant emphasis on the iconic role of the people in the democracy, the role of the leader in public statements and in the party’s organisation, the promotion of Manichean and simplistic solutions to the political/economic agenda, as well as…
Does the Iron Curtain Still Exist? The Convergence in Electoral Volatility between Eastern and Western Europe
The literature on party system change and electoral volatility in post-communist Europe tends to make a clear-cut distinction between Central and Eastern European (CEE) party systems and Western European (WE) ones. The former are unstable and unpredictable and electoral volatility is driven by the continuous emergence of new political parties. Conversely, electoral stability is the rule in the latter, and volatility is associated with electoral s…
A test of European Union post-accession influence
The positive role of the European Union (EU) in the democratization process in post-communist countries has been amply documented. The pre-accession conditionality was to a large extent the tool used to enhance adoption of norms, and implementation of policy. In this context, it is less clear what happens after countries join the EU and conditionality is no longer an option. This article seeks to provide an answer by analysing how the EU can infl…
Electoral performance beyond leaders? The organization of populist parties in postcommunist Europe
In spite of extensive research dedicated to the rise and development of fringe populist political parties in Eastern Europe, little attention has been paid to the organizational determinants of their electoral performance. This article aims to fill this void in the literature and analyzes the extent to which particular types of leadership and party organization could influence the electoral performance of three political parties from Bulgaria, Re…
Political parties and deliberation
Participatory budgeting and the perception of collective empowerment
Entangled Trajectories
Analysis of the Romanian and Bulgarian Elections. in both countries, the 2024 electoral configurations display reversed yet structurally analogous features. On the eve of the 2024 elections, Romania maintained a relatively institutionalized party system, albeit with the growing influence of far-right actors such as the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), alongside a constellation of smaller yet vocal parties and leaders who mobilized platf…
Speaking Out against the Discrimination of Romanians Abroad
Discrimination against minority ethnic groups has often been analyzed through the lenses of institutional action, antiminority rhetoric, and media framing in the countries of residence. However, we know little about how ethnic discrimination is approached in the home countries of these minorities. To address this gap in the literature, our article seeks to explain how Romanian parliamentarians address discrimination against coethnics abroad. We u…
Une communauté qui n’est plus en transition. Le cas de l’organisation des partis roumains à l’étranger
Si nous prenons en considération la définition classique du parti en tant qu’« ensemble de communautés, une réunion de petits groupes disséminés à travers le pays (sections, comités, associations locales, etc.) liés par des institutions coordinatrices » (Duverger, 1951, éd. 1992, p. 34), le processus de déterritorialisation de la citoyenneté a potentiellement des conséquences sur le territoire que les organisations des partis prennent en considér…
Party digitalization and members’ empowerment
The digitalization of political parties has often been approached from the perspective of political parties. Previous studies discuss the potential impact of technology on empowerment, but the users’ attitudes to this are largely unknown. To address this gap in the literature, our article analyses how party members view the empowerment potential of digital tools in their party. We use data from semi-structured interviews conducted in November and…
Navigating Complexity
Analisi del rapporto fra rottura e continuità del nuovo ciclo politico europeo
Party Membership in Romania
The article retraces the contradictions between the regulations and the practices shaping Romanian party membership in order to show why and how membership decline became an electoral-driven strategy. It contrasts high membership figures, the dynamics of legal definitions of party membership, and party routines. The results indicate that the Romanian example is an atypical case of incongruence between organisational configurations and party model…
Hit by Populism
Populist parties’ dazzling success has been registered in numerous new and old Member states for a while; populism has occupied a crucial position in Romanian politics since the onset of post-communism, with constant emphasis on the iconic role of the people in the democracy, the role of the leader in public statements and in the party’s organisation, the promotion of Manichean and simplistic solutions to the political/economic agenda, as well as…
Hit by Populism
Populist parties’ dazzling success has been registered in numerous new and old Member states for a while; populism has occupied a crucial position in Romanian politics since the onset of post-communism, with constant emphasis on the iconic role of the people in the democracy, the role of the leader in public statements and in the party’s organisation, the promotion of Manichean and simplistic solutions to the political/economic agenda, as well as…
A test of European Union post-accession influence
The positive role of the European Union (EU) in the democratization process in post-communist countries has been amply documented. The pre-accession conditionality was to a large extent the tool used to enhance adoption of norms, and implementation of policy. In this context, it is less clear what happens after countries join the EU and conditionality is no longer an option. This article seeks to provide an answer by analysing how the EU can infl…
Une communauté qui n’est plus en transition. Le cas de l’organisation des partis roumains à l’étranger
Si nous prenons en considération la définition classique du parti en tant qu’« ensemble de communautés, une réunion de petits groupes disséminés à travers le pays (sections, comités, associations locales, etc.) liés par des institutions coordinatrices » (Duverger, 1951, éd. 1992, p. 34), le processus de déterritorialisation de la citoyenneté a potentiellement des conséquences sur le territoire que les organisations des partis prennent en considér…
Party Membership in Romania
The article retraces the contradictions between the regulations and the practices shaping Romanian party membership in order to show why and how membership decline became an electoral-driven strategy. It contrasts high membership figures, the dynamics of legal definitions of party membership, and party routines. The results indicate that the Romanian example is an atypical case of incongruence between organisational configurations and party model…
Does the Iron Curtain Still Exist? The Convergence in Electoral Volatility between Eastern and Western Europe
The literature on party system change and electoral volatility in post-communist Europe tends to make a clear-cut distinction between Central and Eastern European (CEE) party systems and Western European (WE) ones. The former are unstable and unpredictable and electoral volatility is driven by the continuous emergence of new political parties. Conversely, electoral stability is the rule in the latter, and volatility is associated with electoral s…
Electoral performance beyond leaders? The organization of populist parties in postcommunist Europe
In spite of extensive research dedicated to the rise and development of fringe populist political parties in Eastern Europe, little attention has been paid to the organizational determinants of their electoral performance. This article aims to fill this void in the literature and analyzes the extent to which particular types of leadership and party organization could influence the electoral performance of three political parties from Bulgaria, Re…
Speaking Out against the Discrimination of Romanians Abroad
Discrimination against minority ethnic groups has often been analyzed through the lenses of institutional action, antiminority rhetoric, and media framing in the countries of residence. However, we know little about how ethnic discrimination is approached in the home countries of these minorities. To address this gap in the literature, our article seeks to explain how Romanian parliamentarians address discrimination against coethnics abroad. We u…
Participatory budgeting and the perception of collective empowerment
Political parties and deliberation
Navigating Complexity
Analisi del rapporto fra rottura e continuità del nuovo ciclo politico europeo
Party digitalization and members’ empowerment
The digitalization of political parties has often been approached from the perspective of political parties. Previous studies discuss the potential impact of technology on empowerment, but the users’ attitudes to this are largely unknown. To address this gap in the literature, our article analyses how party members view the empowerment potential of digital tools in their party. We use data from semi-structured interviews conducted in November and…
Entangled Trajectories
Analysis of the Romanian and Bulgarian Elections. in both countries, the 2024 electoral configurations display reversed yet structurally analogous features. On the eve of the 2024 elections, Romania maintained a relatively institutionalized party system, albeit with the growing influence of far-right actors such as the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), alongside a constellation of smaller yet vocal parties and leaders who mobilized platf…
Political science (12 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (6 works) · Democracy (5 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 works) · Business (3 works)