02878nam 2200445 450 991049102910332120231110232755.03-030-78188-7(CKB)4100000011979156(MiAaPQ)EBC6675896(Au-PeEL)EBL6675896(OCoLC)1260348120(PPN)259455644(EXLCZ)99410000001197915620220327d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Visegrad Group and democracy promotion transition experience and beyond /Jan HornatCham, Switzerland :Palgrave Macmillan,[2021]©20211 online resource (165 pages)The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy 3-030-78187-9 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.The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy DemocracyEurope, CentralEurope, CentralPolitics and government1989-Democracy320.947Hornat Jan909338MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910491029103321The Visegrad Group and Democracy Promotion2268965UNINA