Overview
- Focuses on non-traditional democracy promoters
- Provides a detailed overview of the democracy assistance policies of individual V4 states and the Visegrad group as such
- Analyses the theoretical underpinning of V4 states’ democracy promotion agendas
Part of the book series: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy (PSTCD)
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book explores the substance and strategies of democracy promotion conducted by the Visegrad Group states (V4) – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. As these states are currently deemed to face democratic backsliding over thirty years after their own democratic transformations, the book discusses how democracy promotion is related to the four countries’ understanding of liberalism and democracy and to their political cultures. It also addresses the question of what motivates the V4 states to engage in the politically sensitive activities of democracy assistance and how they intend to share their own experience and know-how of the democratic transformation process. The book concludes by discussing the possible future developments in the respective states’ democracy promotion agendas. Examining the strategies, substance, and the domestic discourse related to the Visegrad states’ democracy promotion policies, the book presents a much-needed reflection on a niche subject in the foreign policy agendas of these post-communist states for academics and practitioners alike.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Jan Hornat is Head of the Department of North American Studies at Charles University, Czech Republic. He previously served as a research fellow at the Institute of International Relations in Prague and as Head of Unit at the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Visegrad Group and Democracy Promotion
Book Subtitle: Transition Experience and Beyond
Authors: Jan Hornat
Series Title: The Theories, Concepts and Practices of Democracy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78188-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-78187-3Published: 08 July 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-78188-0Published: 07 July 2021
Series ISSN: 2947-4469
Series E-ISSN: 2947-4477
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 160
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: European Politics, Foreign Policy, Political History, European History