European Union enlargement and democratisation : the normative disconnect in Hungary and Czechia / Michael Toomey

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toomey, Michael, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

Democracy--Hungary.

Democracy.

Democracy--Czech Republic.

Democratization--Europe, Central.

Democratization.

Europe--Economic integration.

Europe.

European Union countries--Politics and government.

European Union countries.

Czech Republic.

Hungary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

European Union enlargement and democratization

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2025

Summary:

"Enlargement is often considered to be the strongest foreign policy tool available to the European Union, and is instrumental in the EU's efforts to spread its liberal democratic norms in the post-communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. However, the experience of recent years has painted a more uneven picture. While the EU's norms have proven to be reasonably robust in countries such as Czechia, in others, most notably Hungary, they have proven to be far more fragile. What accounts for this post-accession variation in adherence to liberal democratic norms between the post-communist Central and Eastern European Countries? And what implications does this have for the use of enlargement policy as a means for spreading democracy? This book explains the processes and mechanisms which determine how the liberal democratic norms of the European Union can be transferred to another country; and why enlargement has had such mixed results to date"-- De Gruyter Brill

Contents:

Introduction : The myth of the European Union’s normative power in the field of democratization practices

Norm emergence and internalization, and the role of civil society actors

Democratic transition, European Union accession, and the role of civil society in Hungary and Czechia

The values gap : The failure to develop liberal democratic values in Hungary and Czechia

The European Union’s record as a liberal democratic normative power : The instrumentalization of membership and the failure of normative change

Conclusion : What can be done to preserve liberal democracy in central Europe and the European Union?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed October 25, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version: Toomey, Michael European Union enlargement and democratisation

ISBN:

9781474485609

147448560X

9781474485616

1474485618

OCLC:

1527586741

Publisher Number:

CIPO000247774

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license