Central Europe Thirty Years after the Fall of Communism - A Return to the Margin? (Hardcover)

This book examines the politics and international relations of Central Europe (the Visegrad Four) three decades after the fall of communism. Once bound together by a common geopolitical vision of "returning to the West," the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia now find themselves in a more ambiguous position. The 2015 European migration crisis exposed serious normative differences with Western Europe, leading to a collective V4 rebellion against the European Union's migration policies. At the same time, as this book demonstrates-despite this normative rift with Western Europe and despite the democratic backsliding in some of the V4 states-they remain deeply dependent on the West in both symbolic and material terms. Furthermore, ways in which individual Central European states position themselves vis-a-vis the West exhibit notable differences, informed by their specific political and cultural legacies. The author examines these in separate country chapters. This book also contains a chapter that analyzes the effect of the COVID-19 crisis on political discourses in the V4.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2022
Authors:	Aliaksei Kazharski
Dimensions:	228 x 158 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	226
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-9961-0
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > Embargos & sanctions
LSN:	1-4985-9961-3
Barcode:	9781498599610

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