Dr. Matthes erforscht derzeit die Erosion demokratischer Institutionen und der Rechtsstaatlichkeit in Mittel- und Osteuropa, insbesondere in Polen und den baltischen Staaten. Sie untersucht, wie zivilgesellschaftliche Akteure, lokale Institutionen (wie Gerichte und Städte) und internationale Mechanismen auf demokratische Rückschritte reagieren und welche Strategien zur Verteidigung von Rechtsstaatlichkeit wirksam sind. Ihre Arbeiten sind relevant für Organisationen, die sich mit EU-Governance, institutioneller Stabilität und Demokratieschutz befassen — etwa EU-Institutionen, Regierungen, Stiftungen und internationale Organisationen. Sie kombiniert dabei Dokumentenanalyse, Interviews mit Entscheidungsträgern und vergleichende Länderanalysen, um die Dynamiken von Rechtspopulismus und institutionellem Widerstand zu verstehen.
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Dr. rer. pol. Claudia-Yvette Matthes
HU-FIS-Profil ↗Peace Dialogue Campus Network: Fostering Positive Attitudes between Migrants and Youth in Hosting Societies
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Förderer: Erasmus und Erasmus+ Zeitraum: 10/2020 - 10/2023 Projektleitung: Dr. rer. pol. Claudia-Yvette Matthes
Förderer: Erasmus und Erasmus+ Zeitraum: 10/2017 - 04/2020 Projektleitung: Dr. rer. pol. Claudia-Yvette Matthes
East European Politics · DOI
What research on democratic backsliding often overlooks is that protest against the decline of rule of law also emerges inside state institutions. In Poland, the judges' associations are using legal means, organising public events and urging the European institutions to stand firm towards the Polish government. In this article, I analyse the judiciary's collective actions and motivations regarding on- and off-bench mobilisation. Based on in-depth interviews with judges, I show how they focus on litigation but use lobbying and protesting as complementary tools. Moreover, their networking and adaptation of measures to changing circumstances proves their ability to act strategically.
Problems of Post-Communism · DOI
In this issue we aimed to evaluate the state of democracy in four East-Central European (ECE) countries ten years after their accession to the European Union (EU). Critical analyses of the sustaina...
Problems of Post-Communism · DOI
While many new EU member states experienced a crisis of democracy in the course of the fiscal and budgetary crisis in Europe, this was not true for Poland: Most citizens held democracy in high esteem and remained enthusiastic about EU membership. However, in 2015 they voted a Euro-skeptic government into office that began to dismantle the principle of checks and balances. The article analyzes possible explanations by applying a modernization theory approach. It shows that many Poles developed a utilitarian perception of democracy induced by economic development, but only a minority internalizes post-materialist values and participates in public affairs.