The Visegrad Group And Democracy Promotion

Author : Jan Hornat
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3030781895

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The Visegrad Group and Democracy Promotion by Jan Hornat Pdf

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. 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.

Author : Benedetta Berti,Kristina Mikulova,Nicu Popescu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317502425

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Democratization in EU Foreign Policy by Benedetta Berti,Kristina Mikulova,Nicu Popescu Pdf

New democracies are uniquely positioned to promote democratic values and have a competitive advantage in the global democracy assistance industry. This book examines the attempts of one group of young democracies, from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), to channel this pro-democracy agenda into both national and European foreign policy and development support. It looks at how CEE is ‘upstream’ changing the EU on crucial policy issues as part of the common foreign and security policy. Furthermore, it tracks the process whereby imported ideas and norms are recycled for further export ‘downstream’, and how these concepts are received in countries outside of the EU including the post-Soviet space, the Western Balkans, the Middle East and North Africa region and Central Asia. This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of democratisation studies, European Union studies, comparative politics, international relations, international development, European politics, as well as area/regional studies.

Author : Jan Hornat
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-07
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030781880

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The Visegrad Group and Democracy Promotion by Jan Hornat Pdf

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.

Author : Seongcheol Kim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000425512

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Discourse, Hegemony, and Populism in the Visegrád Four by Seongcheol Kim Pdf

This is the first book-length account of populism in the Visegrád Four (V4) countries — Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia — for the first 30 years of multi-party competition since the transformative events of 1989–91 in Central and Eastern Europe. Advancing a post-foundational approach to populism based on a semi-formal reading of Ernesto Laclau's theory, the book undertakes a detailed examination of how the 'people' has been constructed in populist discourses in the party systems of the four countries since 1989. Drawing on a wealth of source material, the book offers both a wide-ranging and in-depth overview and classification of populism in the V4 in terms of discursive (e.g. centrist, conservative, left-wing, liberal, nationalist, social) and hegemonic type (e.g. authoritarian hegemonic, generational counter-hegemonic) alike. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of populism, party politics, and Central and Eastern Europe.

Author : José M. Magone
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788113182

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The Americanization of European Union Democracy Promotion by José M. Magone Pdf

The Americanization of European Union Democracy Promotion: Ideology, Diversity, and United States Hegemony is a timely and thought-provoking exploration of the origins, development and growing prominence of international democracy promotion in the past hundred years.

Author : Anne Wetzel,Jan Orbie,Fabienne Bossuyt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317295396

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Comparative Perspectives on the Substance of EU Democracy Promotion by Anne Wetzel,Jan Orbie,Fabienne Bossuyt Pdf

This book examines the substance of European Union (EU) democracy promotion by comparing it with norms of governance that other international actors promote, among them the United Nations, the United States, the Central and East European EU member states, Russia, China and non-governmental organizations. It aims is to gain a better understanding of the EU’s democracy promotion agenda and to learn more about the (in)distinctiveness of the norms diffused by the EU. Building on a common conceptual chapter, the contributions follow different theoretical approaches and research designs, and focus on a diversity of case studies. The book concludes that in comparison with other international actors, the EU’s conceptual approach to democracy promotion is diffuse, which in turn makes the EU a particularly flexible but also ‘technical’ democracy promoter when it comes to implementation. At the same time, there are limits to flexibility at the level of concepts and frames. This indicates a distinct character of the substance of EU democracy promotion, which can be linked to the nature of the EU polity. This book was published as a special issue of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

Author : Digdem Soyaltin-Colella
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031057816

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EU Good Governance Promotion in the Age of Democratic Decline by Digdem Soyaltin-Colella Pdf

The European Union (EU) support for good governance reforms has been the cornerstone of its conditionality and funding policies and contributed its role as a transformative power. This book re-evaluates the EU’s governance promotion capacity both within the EU and beyond its borders in light of the simultaneous decline in democracy in Europe in particular, and across the whole world in general. The book is divided into three parts. Part I focuses on the EU’s good governance transfer to member and accession countries. Part II examines how and to what extent the EU’s governance promotion strategies travel beyond its borders and focuses on neighbours, partners, and aid recipient countries especially in Africa. Part III turns to other regional and global actors and discusses the implications of illiberal contesters such as China and Russia on the future of EU’s good governance promotion efforts. The findings of the book bring fresh insights for the scope and depth of the EU’s governance transfer capacity.

Author : Nicolas Bouchet
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135011178

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Democracy Promotion as US Foreign Policy by Nicolas Bouchet Pdf

The role of democracy promotion in US foreign policy has increased considerably in the last three decades, booming especially in the immediate years after the end of the Cold War. The rise of democracy promotion originated in a long historical tradition that saw exporting American political values as instrumental in securing US security and economic interests, an idea which was expressed freely once Cold War strategic constraints disappeared. Under Bill Clinton, there was an explicit attempt to do so by reframing American strategy in terms of ‘democratic enlargement’ and this book assesses the strategic use of democracy promotion in US foreign policy and its different outcomes during his presidency. Offering a comprehensive, global review of American democracy engagement with different regions of the world and key countries during a whole presidency, this book assesses how far the US has benefited from democracy promotion. It evaluates the instrumental value of democracy promotion for America by seeing whether the Clinton administration’s efforts in this field, and their varying impacts to democratization abroad, were matched by progress in securing US strategic goals defined under enlargement, in particular reducing international conflicts and spreading economic liberalization around the world. The book explores how democracy became central to US post-Cold War strategy, how the Clinton administration developed the concept of democratic enlargement and tried to implement it, and why it remained influential on foreign policy throughout Clinton’s presidency. With an analysis of the legacy of Clinton’s democracy promotion and its relevance to the subsequent policies of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, this book is essential reading for students and scholars interested in Foreign Policy, American History and Security Studies.

Author : Maria Raquel Freire,Paula Duarte Lopes,Daniela Nascimento,Licínia Simão
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030929978

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EU Global Actorness in a World of Contested Leadership by Maria Raquel Freire,Paula Duarte Lopes,Daniela Nascimento,Licínia Simão Pdf

This book contributes to the literature on the EU’s role in the international system by engaging with the debates on global actorness and mapping new conceptual and theoretical avenues to better understand how agency and power are exerted at the global and regional levels, in a context of increased contestation of the international liberal order. Organised around three main lines, the book first looks at how the EU positions itself internationally in different policy areas, providing a multi-dimensional reading of EU policies, instruments, and practices; secondly, it engages with the EU’s own perspective toward its regional contexts and with the perspectives of regional actors on the EU; and, thirdly, it explores non-European perspectives on EU actorness, as the way the EU is perceived by others in this system of contested leadership is central to how it is understood in terms of policies, instruments, and overall capability to lead and act as a global power.

Author : Andrėĭ Dynʹko
Publisher : Fundacja Przestrzeni Obywat
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Belarus
ISBN : 9788360694190

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The Generation Gap, Or, Belarusian Differences in Goals, Values and Strategy by Andrėĭ Dynʹko Pdf

Author : Marek Neuman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319926902

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Democracy Promotion and the Normative Power Europe Framework by Marek Neuman Pdf

This book presents a topical, holistic assessment of the European Union’s democracy promotion in South-East Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia, analyzed through the prism of the Normative Power Europe (NPE) framework of transnational policy formation. To do so, it brings together three scholarly domains that traditionally stand apart and are discussed separately. The first addresses the notion of the European Union conducting a normatively-driven foreign policy both near and far abroad. The second is concerned with the legitimacy, operationality, and effectiveness of promoting democracy in third-world countries. The third addresses the quality of the relationship the European Union has been able to establish with some vital – yet often troubled – countries in South-East Europe, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. Finally, based on the empirical findings presented in each chapter, this volume concludes by rethinking the concept and relevance of NPE to the field’s understanding of the EU’s foreign policy making. This edited volume offers the reader both a theoretically and empirically rich analysis of the European Union’s efforts to promote democracy abroad. As such is scholars and students of EU studies, particularly EU foreign policy, as well as policy makers at EU and national level and civil society representatives responsible for designing/implementing democracy promoting projects on the ground.

Author : Sabrina P. Ramet,Christine M. Hassenstab
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108499910

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Central and Southeast European Politics Since 1989 by Sabrina P. Ramet,Christine M. Hassenstab Pdf

The collapse of the communist monopoly across Central and Southeastern Europe in 1989-1990 initiated a process of rapid change. This updated second edition comprehensively describes the post-communist trajectory of the states of Central and Southeastern Europe, encompassing democratization, privatization, corruption, and war.

Author : Adrian Basora,Agnieszka Marczyk,Maia Otarashvili
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781538101865

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Does Democracy Matter? by Adrian Basora,Agnieszka Marczyk,Maia Otarashvili Pdf

Confidence in the future of democracy has been shaken by the authoritarian resurgence of the past decade, and some now argue that it is not realistic for the US to continue to champion democracy abroad. Does Democracy Matter? provides the conclusions of eleven scholars from widely different backgrounds who ask whether and, if so, how the US should support democracy beyond its own borders. The authors agree that American strategic interests are served in the long run by the spread of democracy abroad, but they differ as to how this support meshes with other national security goals. The concluding chapter outlines a system of triage for realistically assessing where and how such assistance can be effective in promoting US security interests. Contributions by Adrian A. Basora, Sarah Bush, Larry Diamond, Carl Gershman, Nikolas K. Gvosdev, Melinda Haring, Michal Kořan, Richard Kraemer, Agnieszka Marczyk, Tsveta Petrova, and Kenneth Yalowitz.

Author : Michael Emerson
Publisher : CEPS
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Democracy
ISBN : 9789290795926

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Democratisation in the European Neighbourhood by Michael Emerson Pdf

Approaches democratization of the European neighbourhood from two sides, first exploring developments in the states themselves and then examining what the European Union has been doing to promote the process.

Author : Branislav Radeljić
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-01-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110684216

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The Unwanted Europeanness? by Branislav Radeljić Pdf

Can we be optimistic about the future of Europe? To what extent has the European integrationist project affected the discourse about the core and the (semi-)periphery? Why does the European Union struggle with its own, and the neighbouring, Other? These are some of the questions addressed in this thought-provoking volume about the dilemmas surrounding the ever-uncertain European unity. A wide range of contributors have drawn upon invaluable sources and data to examine a broad selection of official discords and discrepancies characterizing the EU’s relations with the Balkans, East-Central Europe, and beyond. Moreover, past events have shaped present political and socioeconomic cooperation (or its deficiencies), with no reason to believe that these present challenges will not further influence future arrangements at a supranational or intergovernmental level. Whichever the period, questions of belonging, solidarity, and the (un)wanted Other have remained relevant and have continued to penetrate discussions. In addition to complementing the existing analyses of European developments, the present findings are of great relevance for researchers, policymakers, and general readership. In fact, they are essential if we want to see Europe develop.