Crafting Democracy Crafting Democracy

Crafting Democracy

Regional Politics in Post-Communist Europe

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Descripción editorial

The importance of subnational regions to politics, governance, and economic development in Western Europe has long been recognized. However, far less is known about recent steps to introduce a regional level of politics in East Central Europe. Reforms there are part of the larger process of crafting democracy; that is, regional reforms are linked to the economic and political transition away from communism and toward “Europe,” specifically the European Union.

Crafting Democracy offers an important comparative analysis of the process and outcomes of region-building in the four Visegrád countries. Jennifer A. Yoder investigates why some but not other post-communist countries chose to introduce a regional level of elected government. In the 1990s, for example, Poland boldly took the lead in regionalization, while the Czech Republic and Slovakia lagged behind. Hungary, meanwhile, declined to create regions. The author argues that these regional reform processes have potentially far-reaching implications for state-society relations, political participation, and policymaking at the domestic level. The emergence of new actors at the subnational level, moreover, creates opportunities for cross-border and European Union–level initiatives.

GÉNERO
Política y actualidad
PUBLICADO
2013
7 de febrero
IDIOMA
EN
Inglés
EXTENSIÓN
252
Páginas
EDITORIAL
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
VENDEDOR
The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group
TAMAÑO
2.3
MB

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