Publicații
- „Despre « Ingeniosul bine temperat »: După patruzeci și doi de ani”, în Mihai Stan (ed.), Debutul meu literar. Festivalul Național de Literatură « Moștenirea Văcăreștilor », Ediția a XLIII-a, Târgoviște, 11-12 noiembrie 2011, Editura Bibliotheca, Târgoviște, 2011, pp. 164-179 (ISBN 978-973-712-646-7).
- „« Gândirea captivă » – o radiografie a colaboraționismului intelectual sub socialismul de stat”, în Observator cultural, Anul XII, Nr. 348 (606), din 22 decembrie 2011 – 11 ianuarie 2012, pp. 26-28 (ISSN 1454-9883).
- „Some Considerations on the Evolution of Defining ‘Fascism’”, in Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, Vol. XII, No. 1 (March 2012), pp. 41-62 (ISSN 1582-4551).
- Review for “Heinrich Best, John Higley (eds.), Democratic Elitism: New Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives, Brill, Leiden, 2010”, in Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, Vol. XII, No. 1 (March 2012), pp. 108-117 (ISSN 1582-4551).
- Review for “Conor O’Dwyer, Runaway State-Building: Patronage Politics and Democratic Development, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (Maryland), 2006”, in Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, Vol. XII, No. 1 (March 2012), pp. 122-127 (ISSN 1582-4551).
- „Structural and Psychological Perspectives on the Perpetrator of Genocide’”, in Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, Vol. XII, No. 2 (August 2012), pp. 235-258 (ISSN 1582-4551).
- Review for “Fredrik Engelstad, Trygve Gulbrandsen (eds.), Comparative Studies of Social and Political Elites, Elsevier Science, Oxford (UK) & Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 2007 (“Comparative Social Research”, vol. 23), 267 pp.”, in Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, Vol. XII, No. 2 (August 2012), pp. 344-357 (ISSN 1582-4551).
- “A Singerian Reading of the Global Strategies to Eradicate Famine in Africa (2005-2010)”, in Public Reason. Journal of Political and Moral Philosophy, Vol. 4, Nos. 1-2 (June-December 2012), pp. 240-261 (ISSN 2065-7285, EISSN 2065-8958).
- “Democratic Elitism at the Local Level and Local Governance in East-Central Europe. A Comparative Assessment on the Elites of Tecuci (Romania), Česká Lípa (the Czech Republic) and Oleśnica (Poland)”, in Stelian Scăunaș, Vasile Tabără, and Eugen Străuțiu (eds.), Political Science, International Relations and Security Studies. International Conference Proceedings, the VIIth Edition, Sibiu, 24-26 May 2013, Department of International Relations, Political Science and Security Studies (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu), Sibiu, 2013, pp. 29-56 (ISSN: 2343-7774).
- “An Inquiry into Geographical Identification and Occupational Status as Variables in Assessing Levels of Nostalgia”, in Revista de Științe Politice/ Revue des sciences politiques, Vol. VIII, Nos. 37-38 (June 2013), pp. 72-108 (ISSN 1584-224X).
- Review for “Victor Neumann, Essays on Romanian Intellectual History, transl. by Simona Neumann, Editura Universității de Vest, Timișoara, 2008”, in Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, Vol. XIII, No. 2 (June 2013), pp. 374-388 (ISSN 1582-4551).
- Review for “Jan Abbink, Tijo Salverda (eds.), The Anthropology of Elites: Power, Culture, and the Complexities of Distinction, Palgrave Macmillan, New York & Basingstoke (UK), 2013”, in Studia Politica. Romanian Political Science Review, Vol. XIII, No. 3 (October 2013), pp. 565-578 (ISSN 1582-4551).
- “Incomplete Modernization and State Socialism in East-Central Europe. A Framework of Analysis of Post-Communist Local Political Elites”, in Daniel Dumitran, and Valer Moga (eds.), Economy and Society in Central and Eastern Europe: Territory, Population, Consumption. Papers of the International Conference Held in Alba Iulia, April 25th-27th, 2013, LIT Verlag, Wien (Austria), Zürich (Switzerland), Berlin & Münster (Germany), 2013, pp. 363-379 (ISBN: 978-3-643-90445-4).
- “Decentralization in East-Central Europe and its effects on the outlook of local political elite”, in Vasile Alcaz et al. (eds.), Conferința Științifică Internațională a doctoranzilor. Tendințe contemporane ale dezvoltării științei: Viziuni ale tinerilor cercetători, 10 Martie 2014. Teze, Academia de Științe a Moldovei & Artpoligraf, Chișinău, 2014, p. 130 (ISBN 978-9975-4257-2-8).
- “Dynamics of decentralization in East-Central Europe. Definition, taxonomy, applications”, in Nicolaie Georgescu and Mircea Cosma (eds.), Papers of the Sibiu “Alma Mater” University Conference, Eight Edition, 27-29 March 2014, Sibiu, Volume 1, Editura “Alma Mater”, Sibiu, 2014, pp. 122-129 (ISSN 2067 – 1423)
- „Profilul elitei politice locale în Europa Central-Estică. Aplicație pe membrii consiliilor municipale din Tecuci, Česká Lípa și Oleśnica”, în Cristina Manolache, Anamaria Elena Gheorghe, Roxana Marin (eds.), Tineri Cercetători: Abordări Multidisciplinare. Revistă studențească în domeniul științelor sociale, Vol. I, Nr. 1 (Aprilie 2014), pp. 34-55 (ISSN 2344-6455).
- “Minority Rights Protection and Policy-Making in Romania prior to the EU Accession. Double demands, different pressures: EC Monitoring Reports vs. RMDSz/ UDMR Programs”, in Acta Humana. Emberi Jogi Közlemények/ Human Rights Publication, Special Issue 2014, pp. 25-50 (ISSN 0866-6628).
- „Descentralizarea în Europa central-estică: conceptualizare și operaționalizare. Definiție, taxonomie, aplicații”, în Cristina Manolache și Anamaria Elena Gheroghe (eds.). Sesiunea națională de comunicări științifice în domeniul științelor sociale « Tineri cercetători: Abordări multidisciplinare ». Culegere de abstracte, Școala Doctorală de Știință Politică (Universitatea din București), 13 decembrie 2014 (ediția a II-a), pp. 44-45 (ISSN 2344-6455).
- “The Dynamics of Decentralization in East-Central Europe. Application on Four Municipal Councils”, in Journal of Law and Social Sciences, Year I, No. 1 (February 2014), pp. 153-173 (ed.: the International Association of Law and Related Sciences – IALRS) (ISSN 2392-6112; ISSN-L 2392-6112).
- “Local Leadership in East-Central Europe: Socio-Demographical Profiles and Value Attainment in Four Towns” / „Leadership local în Europa Centrală și de Est: profile socio-demografice și forme ale împlinirii valorice în patru orașe”, in Philologica Jassyensia, Year X, No. 1 (19) (Winter 2014) (Special Issue: Proceedings of the International Conference “Perspectives in the Humanities and Social Sciences: Hinting at Interdisciplinarity”, 1st ed., Iași, May 23-24, 2014), pp. 715-726 (ISSN 1841-5377, ISSN online 2247-8353, ISSN-L 1841-5377).
- “The Satanic Verses, Multiculturalism, and the Multiplicity of Perspectives in British Literature at the End of the 1980s”, in Oana Tatu Burada, and Raluca Sinu (eds.), 11th Conference on British and American Studies: Embracing Multitudes of Meaning, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne (UK), 2015, pp. 306-326 (ISBN (10): 1-4438-7060-9; ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-7060-3).
- “Value Attainment, Orientations, and Quality-Based Profile of the Local Political Elites in East-Central Europe. Evidence from Four Towns”, in Symposion. Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences, Vol. 2, No. 1 (January 2015), pp. 95-123 (EISSN 2392-6260; ISSN-L 1584-174X).
- “La construction du profile de l’élite politique locale en l’Éurope Centrale et Orientale”, dans Iulian Boldea (coord.), Identities in Metamorphosis. Literature, Discourse and Multicultural Dialogue. Studies on Literature, Discourse and Multicultural Dialogue. Proceedings of the International Conference “Literature, Discourse and Multicultural Dialogue”, Vol. 2, Arhipelag XXI Press, Târgu-Mureș, 2014, pp. 154-169 (ISBN: 978-606-93691-9-7).
- “Patterns of Recruitment at the Local Level in East-Central Europe”, in The Alpha Institute for Multicultural Studies (ed.), Iulian Boldea (coord.), Communication, Context, Interdisciplinarity: Studies and Articles. Proceedings of the International Conference “Communication, Context, Interdisciplinarity”, 3rd edition, Vol. 3, “Petru Maior” University Press, Târgu-Mureș, 2014, pp. 344-356 (ISSN 2069-3389).
- “Instances of decentralization in East-Central Europe: operationalization, taxonomy and applications on local political elites’ outlook”, in Romanian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Winter 2014) (Thematical Issue: “Peace Building and Development”), pp. 99-125 (ISSN 1582-456X).
- “Chapter Fourteen: Explaining the Arab Spring through the Prism of the ‘Postmodern Revolution’”, in Dylan Kissane, and Alexandru Volacu (eds.), Modern Dilemmas: Understanding Collective Action in the 21st Century, ibidem-Verlag, Stuttgart (Germany), 2015, pp. 325-352 (ISBN 978-3-8382-0731-5).
- “The Dynamics of Revolution in 1989: Conceptual Changes”, in Romanian Journal of Society and Politics, Vol. 10, No. 1 (Issue 18, March 2015) (Thematical Issue: “1989-1991: Prospects of change”), pp. 49-79 (ISSN print: 1582-5795, ISSN online: 2393-3224).
- “Accounting for moral superiority of elites. Political elites caught between normative and descriptive approaches”, in Proceedings of the International Conference “European Union’s History, Culture and Citizenship”, 8th edition, Pitești, 8th – 9th May 2015, C.H. Beck Publishing House, Bucharest, 2015, pp. 799-822 (ISSN 2360-395X, ISSN-L 2360-1841).
- “The Profile of Local Political Elite and Strategy Prioritisation at the Local Level in ECE Countries. Case Studies: Tecuci (Romania), Českà Lípa (the Czech Republic), Oleśnica (Poland), and Gyula (Hungary)”, in Federal Governance, Vol. 12, No. 1 (June 2015), pp. 60-88 (ISSN 1923-6158).
- “The Local Political Elites in East-Central Europe: Between the Legacy of the Past and the Decentralization of the Present”, in Alexandru Jădăneanț, Claudia Turșie, Ciprian Nițu, and Claudiu Mesaroș (eds.), Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences Vol. 183 – Proceedings of the International Symposium on “Ideologies, Values and Political Behaviors in Central and Eastern Europe”, 12th ed., 6 December 2013, Timișoara, Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam (the Netherlands), 2015, pp. 30-39 (ISSN: 1877-0428).
- “Value Attainment in Local Political Leadership. Evidence from Four Towns of East-Central Europe”, in Alexandru Jădăneanț, Claudia Turșie, Ciprian Nițu, and Claudiu Mesaroș (eds.), Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences Vol. 183 – Proceedings of the International Symposium on “Ideologies, Values and Political Behaviors in Central and Eastern Europe”, 12th ed., 6 December 2013, Timișoara, Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam (the Netherlands), 2015, pp. 21-29 (ISSN: 1877-0428).
- „Rețelele de putere, contactele și interacțiunile elitelor politice locale din Europa central-răsăriteană”, în Ruxandra Ivan și Vasile Pleșca (coord.), Academia Română, Filiala Iași (prin IDSRC – doc postdoc POSDRU/159/1.5/S/133675) (ed.), A guverna / a fi guvernat. Ipostaze ale raportului dintre stat și cetățean, PRO Universitaria, București, 2015, pp. 189-218 (ISBN: 978-606-26-0343-4).
- “Types of Local Government Systems and Types of Local Political Elites: An Application on ECE“, in Cristina Manolache and Anamaria Elena Gheroghe (eds.), International Interdisciplinary Doctoral Conference (IIDC 2015). Book of Abstracts, Romanian Association of Young Scholars (RAYS), September 25th-26th, 2015 (1st edition), pp. 121-122 (ISSN 2457-7944).
- “The Impact of Socio-Demographical Profile and of Passive Representativeness of Local Political Elites on the Construction of a Typology of Local Political Elites of ECE”, in Liviu-Adrian Măgurianu and Simona-Roxana Ulman (eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference “Humanities and Social Sciences Today. Classical and Contemporary Issues” (Iași, 2015). Social and Political Theory, PRO Universitaria, București, 2015, pp. 177-198 (ISBN: 978-606-26-0415-8).
- „Cadrul teoretic al cercetării – Perspective științifice” (co-autorat cu Mădălina Turza), în Mădălina Turza și Gelu Duminică (coord.), Izolați printre noi – Dimensiuni ale participării copiilor cu cerințe educaționale speciale în sistemul de educație românesc, RENTROP & STRATON, București, 2015, pp. 18-37 (ISBN: 978-606-672-652-8); cercetător pentru același volum și traducător al ediției în engleză.
- “Power Networks, Contacts, and Interactions of Local Political Elites in East-Central Europe”, in Iulian Boldea (ed.), Globalization and National Identity. Studies on the Strategies of Intercultural Dialogue. The Proceedings of the International Conference “Globalization, Intercultural Dialogue and National Identity” (“Sociology, Political Sciences and International Relations” Section), Vol. 3, Arhipelag XXI Press, Târgu-Mureș, 2016, pp. 366-382 (ISBN: 978-606-8624-03-7).
- “Local Political Leadership in Former ‘Sovietized Europe’: Between the Legacy of the Past and the Decentralization of the Present”, in Violaine Delteil et Ruxandra Ivan (eds.), Trajectoires de transformation et d’intégration dans l’Europe du Sud Est. Défis pour les élargissements futurs, BALKINT & IDC, Editura Universității din București, București (Colecția „Politics Unlimited/ Politicul fără frontier/ Le politique sans frontières”), 2016, pp. 277-306 (ISBN: 978-606-16-0785-3).
- “Decentralization in East-Central Europe: Operationalization, Taxonomy and Its Impact on Local Political Elites’ Otlook”, in Analele Universității din București. Seria Științe Politice, Vol. XVIII, No. 2 (2016) (Thematic Issue: Radu Carp and Anders Lidstrom (eds.), Regionalization, Decentralization and Local Autonomy in the Framework of the State Reform at the Beginning of the 21st Century/ Régionalisation, descentralisation et autonomie locale dans le contexte de la réforme de l’État au début du 21e siècle/ Regionalizare, descentralizare și autonomie locală în contextul reformei statului la începutul secolului 21) (forthcoming) (ISSN 1582-2486)