ISBN:
0415386020
,
0203085973
,
9780415386029
,
9780203085974
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 399 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Routledge research in comparative politics 15
Parallel Title:
Print version Democracy and Political Culture in Eastern Europe
DDC:
306.20947
Keywords:
Democracy
;
Political culture
;
Democracy
;
Political culture
;
Political culture
;
Democracy
Abstract:
What is the relationship between democracy and political culture in countries undergoing major systemic change? This book tackles this question and other questions, and builds a clear understanding of what makes democracies strong and resistant to autocratic temptation
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Half-Title; Series-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Introduction: Support for democracy and autocracy in central and eastern Europe; 1 Democratic communities in Europe: A comparison between East and West; 2 East European value systems in global perspective; 3 Historical and cultural borderlines in eastern Europe; 4 The Czech Republic: Critical democrats and the persistence of democratic values; 5 Slovenia in central Europe: Merely meterological or a value kinship?; 6 Hungary: Structure and dynamics of democratic consolidation
Description / Table of Contents:
7 Slovakia: Pathways to a democratic community8 Poland: Citizens and democratic politics; 9 Latvia: Democracy as an abstract value; 10 Lithuania: Civic society and democratic orientation; 11 Estonia: Changing value patterns in a divided society; 12 Romania: Fatalistic political cultures revisited; 13 Bulgaria: Democratic orientations in support of civil society; 14 Russia, Belarus and Ukraine: Construction of democratic communities; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-388) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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