@misc{906cbc01-5df3-460e-966c-9f05ad2854e8,
  abstract     = {{Among the polities in the Eastern European inter-imperial peripheries, Romania has witnessed a particular electoral effervescence in 2024/2025, with ripple effects across the region, and making the headlines across the world: the EU parliamentary elections organized concomitantly with local elections (in June 2024); the national legislative elections (in early December); and the presidential elections (initially in late November 2024, which were annulled and rerun in May 2025). Examining these elections through an intersectional lens, the special issue provides a much-needed critical intervention, by bridging disciplinary divides. It highlights how such an Eastern European inter-imperial location as Romania may be deployed as a matrix to explain wider political developments and stimulating insights at the junction of several systems of social ordering. As such, it is part of a wider intellectual effort, pushing for knowledge production beyond mainstream Western-centric conceptualizations. Finally, it provides critical insights into the localized meaning and trajectory of democracy, at a time of significant corrosion of democratic infrastructures across the world.}},
  author       = {{Norocel, Ov Cristian and Băluță, Ionela}},
  issn         = {{0277-5395}},
  keywords     = {{inter-imperiality; Romania; intersectionality; political representation; elections}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Women's Studies International Forum}},
  title        = {{Women's Studies International Forum: Centring European Inter-Imperial Peripheries: Intersectional Dynamics in the 2024 Elections in Romania}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}