Introduction

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378122%3A_____%2F26%3A00642579" target="_blank" >RIV/68378122:_____/26:00642579 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/49777513:23330/25:43977148

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003225188-1" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003225188-1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003225188-1" target="_blank" >10.4324/9781003225188-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Introduction

Original language description

The introductory chapter by Petr Agha and Petr Drulák challenges the prevailing democratic backsliding narrative used to describe current political developments in Central and Eastern Europe. Instead of viewing populism as a mere deviation from liberal norms, the authors argue that the current crisis is rooted in the inherent contradictions of Velvet Capitalism—the specific model of liberal capitalism and institutional frameworks imposed on the region after 1989. The chapter sets the stage for a critical re-evaluation of the relationship between the European core and periphery, highlighting how the collision between universalist liberal ideals and local realities has exposed the fragility of the post-Cold War consensus.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

C - Chapter in a specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50501 - Law

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2026

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Book/collection name

Velvet Capitalism and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy

ISBN

978-1-032-12566-4

Number of pages of the result

17

Pages from-to

1-17

Number of pages of the book

108

Publisher name

Routledge

Place of publication

London

UT code for WoS chapter

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