Creating Authoritarian Clientelism: Poland After 2015

Irish Clientelism: A Reappraisal

Studies of Irish politics have generally used a clientelist framework: voters in rural areas seem to obtain state benefits through a politician's interventions and, in return, become the politician's "clients". This article reports anthropological research on urban brokerage and clientelism carried out in Dublin from 1978 to 1981 which suggests that a more complex analytic model is required. Cl...

African Swine Fever Epidemic, Poland, 2014–2015

In Poland, African swine fever (ASF) emerged in February 2014; by August 2015, the virus had been detected in >130 wild boar and in pigs in 3 backyard holdings. We evaluated ASF spread in Poland during these 18 months. Phylogenetic analysis indicated repeated incursions of genetically distinct ASF viruses of genotype II; the number of cases positively correlated wild boar density; and disease s...

Voice after Exit? Remittances and Migration Across Authoritarian Regimes

This paper investigates the effect of exit options for the poor on regime stability and distributive spending. Since Hirschman (1970), scholars have long recognized the significance of exit options in explaining regime survival and transition. Much of this work, however, focuses almost exclusively on capital elites and asset mobility. Unfortunately, this focus is quite limiting. Divestment and ...

Varicella in Poland: economic burden in children 1–12 years of age in Poland, 2010–2015

BACKGROUND The safety and efficacy of live-attenuated varicella zoster virus (VZV) vaccines in preventing varicella and reducing associated morbidity and mortality in real-world have been previously shown. In Poland, VZV vaccination is only mandatory for certain high-risk individuals. Here, we have conducted an evaluation of the clinical and economic burden of varicella in Poland. METHODS Mul...

2015 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems, FedCSIS 2015, Lódz, Poland, September 13-16, 2015