{"id":14081,"date":"2022-10-18T12:16:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T10:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/?post_type=person&#038;p=14081"},"modified":"2022-11-22T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T10:24:16","slug":"emilia-zankina","status":"publish","type":"person","link":"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/emilia-zankina\/","title":{"rendered":"Emilia Zankina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light alignfull\" style=\"min-height:150px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-light-petroleum-background-color has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">About Emilia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center alignsmall\">Emilia Zankina is an Associate Professor in Political Science and Provost at the American University in Bulgaria. Her research focuses on populism and political parties in Western and Eastern Europe, political representation of women in Southeastern Europe, and politicisation and civil service reform in Eastern Europe. She is an established expert on Bulgarian politics and her writings have appeared in a number of academic journals, edited volumes, and media outlets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-light-grey-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Posts<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"news-items-wrapper news-view-normal news-count-2\">  <div class=\"news-item\"><div class=\"news-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/populism-radical-right-and-socialist-nostalgia-in-bulgarian-politics\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/shutterstock_212377393-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-dpz-blog-thumbnail size-dpz-blog-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"news-info-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"news-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/populism-radical-right-and-socialist-nostalgia-in-bulgarian-politics\/\">Populism, Radical Right, and Socialist Nostalgia in Bulgarian Politics<\/a><\/h4><div class=\"news-date\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Posted on<\/span> <time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2016-08-25T12:16:00+02:00\">25. August 2016<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2022-10-18T12:19:04+02:00\">18. October 2022<\/time><\/div><div class=\"news-content\">What is most disturbing is that in recent years radical right-wing parties have had an increasing influence on the government<\/div><div class=\"news-authors\"><a class=\"news-author-item\" href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/person\/emilia-zankina\/\">Emilia Zankina<\/a><\/div><div class=\"news-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/kategorie\/debate\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Debate<\/a><\/div><\/div><!-- .class=\"news-info-wrapper --><\/div> <\/div><!-- .news-wrapper -->\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"projects-wrapper count-5\"><div class=\"project-item\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.progressives-zentrum.org\/en\/project\/political-symposium\/\"><div class=\"project-thumbnail\"><a 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