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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789624103321

Autore

Ramet Sabrina P. <1949->

Titolo

The liberal project and the transformation of democracy : the case of East Central Europe / / Sabrina P. Ramet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station : , : Texas A&M University Press, , 2007

©2007

ISBN

1-299-05315-7

1-60344-502-1

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 178 pages)

Collana

Eugenia and Hugh M. Stewart '26 series on Eastern Europe

Disciplina

320.9437

Soggetti

Democracy - Europe, Eastern

Liberalism - Europe, Eastern

Europe, Eastern Politics and government 1989-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-161) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Liberalism and the moral law, then and now -- Liberalism and capitalism : an unhappy marriage -- Three views of sovereignty : the East European connection -- The so-called right of national self-determination and other myths -- Three models of church-state condominium -- The fate of women in post-1989 Eastern Europe -- The purpose of political association -- Legitimacy or order : which is the fulcrum?

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on a classical understanding of "liberalism" based on a philosophy of Natural Law, she probes the issues of capitalism, national sovereignty and self-determination, gender inequality, and political legitimacy in the context of Eastern Europe's particular experience.