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Record Nr.

UNINA9910491029103321

Autore

Hornat Jan

Titolo

The Visegrad Group and democracy promotion : transition experience and beyond / / Jan Hornat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

3-030-78188-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (165 pages)

Collana

The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy

Disciplina

320.947

Soggetti

Democracy - Europe, Central

Europe, Central Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- A Visegrad Group Political Culture? -- Vestiges of Communism and Troubles with Liberalism -- 2 Democracy Promotion by the V4 States: Origins and Motives -- Democratic Identity -- Europeanization -- Return to the "West" and Status -- Geopolitics and Geostrategy -- Solidarity and Epistemic Communities -- 3 The Democracy Assistance Infrastructure of the Visegrad States -- The Czech Republic: A Determined Promotor -- Hungary: A Reluctant Promotor -- Poland: Engaging in the Name of Solidarity -- Slovakia: Joining Democracy Promotion Efforts with a Time-Lag -- 4 The Target States of Visegrad Countries' Democracy Assistance -- 5 The Substance of Visegrad States' Democracy Assistance -- Conceptualizing Democracy -- Transition Experience-"De-ideologizing" Democracy Assistance -- Educating and Mobilizing the Youth -- Training and Expertise Sharing -- Civil Society Support -- Rules-Based Market Economy -- 6 External and Internal Factors Shaping the Substance of Visegrad States' Democracy Assistance -- Downloading and Uploading the Rationale for Conducting Democracy Assistance -- Gender and the Empowerment of Women -- Windows of Opportunity, Domestic Discourses and Rhetoric -- 7 The International Visegrad Fund as a Democracy Promotion Instrument -- A Theoretical Perspective on the IVF -- The Structure and Procedures of the IVF -- Substance of the IVF's Activities



-- 8 Conclusion -- Index.