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New Democracies in Crisis? - A Comparative Constitutional Study of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia (Hardcover)
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New Democracies in Crisis? - A Comparative Constitutional Study of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics
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This book considers whether the potential of democracy following
the end of the Cold War was diminished by technocratic, judicial
control of politics in the new democracies of Central and Eastern
Europe. It explores the complexities and drawbacks of modern
constitutionalism by offering a comprehensive theoretical and
comparative-empirical assessment of the status and role of
constitutionalism in five new EU Member States. The democratization
of countries in Central and Eastern Europe has been guarded by
constitutions and constitutional courts. This book examines the
implications of powerful courts and rigid constitutions for the
democratic engagement of citizens and the political authority of
politicians. Using an interdisciplinary and comparative approach,
the book analyses the historical emergence of powerful
constitutional institutions in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland,
Romania and Slovakia. The author argues that the democratic promise
of 1989 largely lost out to a technocratic and top-down view of
judicial control of politics - a state of affairs reinforced by EU
accession. The current backlash in countries such as Hungary and
Romania indicates that the realization of democratization to the
extent initially expected might be ever more remote in some new
democracies. New Democracies in Crisis? will be of interest to
students and scholars of European Union politics, democratization
studies, European constitutionalism, socio-legal studies,
governance and comparative politics.
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