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Chances for Democracy in Europe
The New Wave of Illiberalism in Post-Communist Countries
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2023
Summary
At the turn of Twenty-First Century, no one could have believed that by a decade later, the prime minister of Hungary would roughly declare his political and government system as an illiberal democracy. Chances for Democracy in Europe: The New Wave of Illiberalism in Post-Communist Countries explores the scenarios of building illiberal democracy as followed by Putin in Russia, then how it spread in the post-Communist Europe. It will be showing how a full-born illiberal democracy has unfolded in Hungary since 2010, during the last four Orbán governments, and the similarities it shares with the Russian illiberal state. If the Treaty of Maastricht, that laid down democratic principles of the European Union, has the sufficient political and legal tools to enforce them, when they are not respected by the member states. While the EU failed in this effort with Hungary, it seems to be successful of a sort in Poland and Slovenia. The author analyses why developed Western European countries with long traditions of democratic traditions and values, have been resistant to illiberalism, and remained strong liberal democracies, but what about the countries without long traditions of democratic values?
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Edition
1/2023
Copyright Year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-6669-1024-7
ISBN-Online
978-1-6669-1025-4
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
286
Product Type
Monograph
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Foreword No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
Chapter 1: Divergent Approaches to Democracy in Europe from Ancient Times until the Late 19th Century No access Pages 7 - 42
Chapter 2: Challenges of Liberal Democracies in Europe in the 20th Century: Fascism and Communism No access Pages 43 - 76
Chapter 3: Issues of Liberal Democracy after World War II: The Emergence of Populism No access Pages 77 - 104
Chapter 4: Erosion of Communism since the mid-1980s in Russia and Hungary No access Pages 105 - 140
Chapter 5: Democratic Way or Illiberal Turn in Post-Communist Europe No access Pages 141 - 178
Chapter 6: Emergence of Illiberal State in Russia: The Putin Regime Since 2000 No access Pages 179 - 206
Chapter 7: Fall of Liberal Democracy in Hungary: Replaced by a Fully Fledged Illiberal State No access Pages 207 - 248
