Neo-militant democracies in post-communist member states of the European Union / edited by Joanna Rak and Roman Bäcker.

• Theorising struggles between neo-militant democracies and their enemies / Joanna Rak and Roman Bäcker -- Estonia : from neo-militant towards quasi-militant democracy? / Przemysław Osiewicz -- Latvia's soft neo-militancy : limiting Russia's influence / Jennie L. Schulze -- Lithuania : between liberal democracy and weak neo-militant democracy / Jolanta Bieliauskaitė and Vytautas Šlapkauskas -- Poland : drift towards quasi-militant democracy in defiance of resistance / Roman Bäcker and Joanna Rak -- Hungary : an abusive neo-militant democracy / Tímea Drinóczi and Gábor Mészáros -- Quasi-militant democracy in Romania : limiting contention by legal means / Dragoș Dragoman -- Bulgaria : corruption- and oligarchy-driven drift towards quasi-militant democracy / Kamila Rezmer-Płotka -- Czech Republic : towards quasi-militant democracy? / Maciej Skrzypek -- Militarisation of democracy in Slovakia / Max Steuer and Martin Kovanič -- Slovenia's crisis-driven path from neo- to quasi-militant democracy / Elżbieta Kużelewska -- Neo-militant democracies under siege in post-communist Europe : constitutional law perspective / Agnieszka Bień-Kacała -- Victories and defeats of quasi-militant democracies in post-communist Europe : comparative politics perspective / Joanna Rak and Roman Bäcker.

• "This book examines contemporary militant democracies in post-communist states in the European Union. Examining, through case studies, their broader relevance to political, legal, and social structures, this book looks in revealing detail at the struggles between these democratic and anti-democratic actors that share similar historical experiences of contentious politics, communism, and political transformation. It importantly unravels the tension between them, determining which are already authoritarian, and which are teetering on the brink of an anti-democratic breakthrough. Analyzing regimes' continuance trajectories to capture how and what shaped the neo-militant aspects of democracies (neo-militancy) over time, the book accounts for why particular post-communist European neo-militant democracies emerge while others decline or transform into quasi-militant democracies despite transformation, how they differ from each other, what brings the differences and similarities between them, and how and why they change over time. With right-wing populist parties coming to power on the back of fears associated with economic, social, and cultural globalization and the misuse of state authorities to strengthen protective measures against threats to democratic institutions, the book represents a timely and important contribution. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of Post-Soviet/Communist/East European studies, democratic backsliding, European and Comparative Politics, Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict, Democracy and Dictatorship, Public Comparative Constitutional Law, Human Rights Law and Political Theory"-- 

Ämnesord

Demokrati  (sao)

Politiska förhållanden  (sao)

Auktoritarianism  (sao)

Democracy  -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies. (LCSH)

Authoritarianism  -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies. (LCSH)

Militarization  -- Europe, Eastern -- Case studies. (LCSH)

Autoritarisme  -- Europe de l'Est -- Études de cas. (Vedettes-matière)

Militarisation  -- Europe de l'Est -- Études de cas. (Vedettes-matière)

Authoritarianism.  (fast)

Democracy.  (fast)

Militarization.  (fast)

Politics and government.  (fast)

Authoritarianism  (LCSH)

Democracy  (LCSH)

Östeuropa  (sao)

F.d. Sovjetrepubliker  (sao)

Europe, Eastern  -- Politics and government -- 1989- (LCSH)

Former communist countries  -- Politics and government. (LCSH)

Europe de l'Est  -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1989- (Vedettes-matière)

Eastern Europe.  (fast)

Former communist countries.  (fast)

1990-talet  (sao)

2000-talet  (sao)

2010-talet  (sao)

Since 1989  (fast)

Genre

Case studies.  (fast)

Klassifikation

JN96.A58 (LCC)

320.947 (DDC)

Oc (kssb/8 (machine generated))