LEADER 02878nam 2200445 450 001 9910491029103321 005 20231110232755.0 010 $a3-030-78188-7 035 $a(CKB)4100000011979156 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6675896 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6675896 035 $a(OCoLC)1260348120 035 $a(PPN)259455644 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011979156 100 $a20220327d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Visegrad Group and democracy promotion $etransition experience and beyond /$fJan Hornat 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (165 pages) 225 1 $aThe Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy 311 $a3-030-78187-9 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- A Visegrad Group Political Culture? -- Vestiges of Communism and Troubles with Liberalism -- 2 Democracy Promotion by the V4 States: Origins and Motives -- Democratic Identity -- Europeanization -- Return to the "West" and Status -- Geopolitics and Geostrategy -- Solidarity and Epistemic Communities -- 3 The Democracy Assistance Infrastructure of the Visegrad States -- The Czech Republic: A Determined Promotor -- Hungary: A Reluctant Promotor -- Poland: Engaging in the Name of Solidarity -- Slovakia: Joining Democracy Promotion Efforts with a Time-Lag -- 4 The Target States of Visegrad Countries' Democracy Assistance -- 5 The Substance of Visegrad States' Democracy Assistance -- Conceptualizing Democracy -- Transition Experience-"De-ideologizing" Democracy Assistance -- Educating and Mobilizing the Youth -- Training and Expertise Sharing -- Civil Society Support -- Rules-Based Market Economy -- 6 External and Internal Factors Shaping the Substance of Visegrad States' Democracy Assistance -- Downloading and Uploading the Rationale for Conducting Democracy Assistance -- Gender and the Empowerment of Women -- Windows of Opportunity, Domestic Discourses and Rhetoric -- 7 The International Visegrad Fund as a Democracy Promotion Instrument -- A Theoretical Perspective on the IVF -- The Structure and Procedures of the IVF -- Substance of the IVF's Activities -- 8 Conclusion -- Index. 410 4$aThe Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy 606 $aDemocracy$zEurope, Central 607 $aEurope, Central$xPolitics and government$y1989- 615 0$aDemocracy 676 $a320.947 700 $aHornat$b Jan$0909338 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910491029103321 996 $aThe Visegrad Group and Democracy Promotion$92268965 997 $aUNINA