Central Europe thirty years after the fall of communism : a return to the margin? / Aliaksei Kazharski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kazharski, Aliaksei, 1985- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-communism--Europe, Central.

Post-communism.

National characteristics, Central European.

Europe, Central--Politics and government--1989-.

Europe, Central.

Visegrád Group.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2022]

Summary:

This book examines politics and international relations in Central Europe three decades after the fall of communism. It analyzes some of the most recent trends, including the European disagreements on migration and multiculturalism, and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on political discourses in the region.

Contents:

Central Europe as a counter-hegemonic concept

"The end of Central Europe?" The European migration crisis and the contestation of identities in the Visegrád Four

An ad hoc region: on Central Europe's embedded revisionism

Czech Republic and Slovakia: the post-crisis core-periphery debate

Poland : heroic failures and tragic resistance

Hungary : the freedom fight of an ideological entrepreneur

The pandemic is what the populists make of it? The virus signifier and identity politics in the Visegrád Four

Conclusion : did the return to Europe become a return to the margin?

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Kazharski, Aliaksei Central Europe Thirty Years after the Fall of Communism

ISBN:

9781498599627