Challenges to democracies in East Central Europe
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Challenges to democracies in East Central Europe
(Routledge advances in European politics, 127)
Routledge, 2017, c2016
- : pbk
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
"First issued in paperback 2017" -- T.p. verso
Contents of Works
- Challenges to democracy in East Central European politics : introductory remarks / Pavel Dufek, Jan Holzer and Miroslav Mareš
- Debating democracy in East Central Europe : the issues and their origins / Pavel Dufek and Jan Holzer
- Populism as a threat to liberal democracy in East Central Europe / Vlastimil Havlík
- Extremism and East Central European politics / Petra Vejvodová
- Democracy and organised crime in East Central Europe / Petr Kupka, Miroslav Mareš and Michal Mochtak
- Corruption and democracy in East Central Europe / Aneta Pinková
- External actors and their influences on the quality of democracy in East Central Europe / Michal Mochtak
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
1. Challenges to Democracy in East Central European Politics: Introductory Remarks
Pavel Dufek, Jan Holzer and Miroslav Mares
2.: Debating Democracy in East Central Europe: The Issues and Their Origins
Pavel Dufek and Jan Holzer
3. Populism as a Threat to Liberal Democracy in East Central Europe
Vlastimil Havlik
4. Extremism and East Central European Politics
Petra Vejvodova
5. Democracy and Organised Crime in East Central Europe
Petr Kupka, Miroslav Mares and Michal Mochtak
6. Corruption and Democracy in East Central Europe
Aneta Pinkova
7 External Actors and their Influences on the Quality of Democracy in East Central Europe
Michal Mochtak
Epilogue: The Deconsolidation of Democracy and Democratic Quality
Andrew Roberts
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