Challenges to Democracies in East Central Europe Contributor(s): Holzer, Jan (Editor), Mares, Miroslav (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138488240 ISBN-13: 9781138488243 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2018 |
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BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General |
Dewey: 320.943 |
Physical Information: 156 pages |
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Publisher Description: Democratic development in Central and Eastern Europe is not a finished project, nor is its progress immune to internal and external threats. The current social, economic, ethnic and political situation within the region presents new dangers. This text identifies and analyses challenges to current East-Central European democracies in terms of potential deconsolidation of democracy reflected in the changes in the institutional and procedural framework (polity), and in the choice of instruments and strategies in the policy area. Specifically examining the regimes of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, these challenges include political extremism and violence, corruption, ethnic and religious conflicts. Presenting original Central European data and utilising the concept of consolidation of democracy from von Beyme and Merkel's concept, the book demonstrates that these challenges are as much influenced by imported phenomena, such as immigration, organized crime, and other potential systemic undemocratic volatilities, as the domestic situation. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students East European politics, post-Soviet politics, EU Studies, security and strategic studies, international relations, area studies, modern history and sociology. |
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