''East European Politics and Societies'' is a

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that covers the field of

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, especially concerning

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of Eastern Europe. The journal's

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are Wendy Bracewell (University College London) and Krzysztof Jasiewicz (Washington and Lee University). It was established in 1986 and is currently published by

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in association with the

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and the

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Abstracting and indexing

''East European Politics and Societies'' is abstracted and indexed in

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and the

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. According to the ''

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'', its 2017

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is 0.817, ranking it 117 out of 169 journals in the category "Political Science" and 25 out of 68 journals in the category "Area Studies."

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