Anna Krasteva

Anna Krasteva is Professor of political sciences at the NBU, doctor honoris causa of University Lille (France), president of The Policy and Citizens Observatory.

Voice, not exit. Portraits of protesters

Who are the Bulgarian citizens in the streets, aspiring to reconquer a state captured by post-democratic elites? (see here in Italian.)

By Anna Krasteva

/ 17 Aug 2020

Voice, not exit. Portraits of protesters

Post-democracy: there's plenty familiar about what is happening in Bulgaria

Post-democracy is the latest wave of post-communist transformation – the result of state capture and the alienation of citizens from the democratic project.

By Anna Krasteva

/ 20 Nov 2019

Post-democracy: there's plenty familiar about what is happening in Bulgaria

For Bulgarian citizens when populism is mainstreamed, contestability is more important than consent

Protests may not achieve their goals or provide a new democratic model, but they have been a laboratory for citizenship through contestation.

By Evelina Staykova, Ildiko Otova and Anna Krasteva

/ 10 Sep 2018

For Bulgarian citizens when populism is mainstreamed, contestability is more important than consent

Protests may not achieve their goals or provide a new democratic model, but they have been a laboratory for citizenship through contestation.

By Evelina Staykova, Ildiko Otova and Anna Krasteva

/ 10 Sep 2018

Facts will not save (the youth) from Fake. Citizenship will

How can we reconquer the capital city, symbolically – both in real and virtual terms – to capture the imagination of youth, to reorient it towards creativity, imagination and engagement?

By Anna Krasteva

/ 4 Nov 2017

Facts will not save (the youth) from Fake. Citizenship will

How can we reconquer the capital city, symbolically – both in real and virtual terms – to capture the imagination of youth, to reorient it towards creativity, imagination and engagement?

By Anna Krasteva

/ 4 Nov 2017