Book Review: Tomasz Inglot Welfare States in East Central Europe 1919—2004 Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008, 382 pp., £55.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780521887250
In: Journal of European social policy, Volume 19, Issue 3, p. 283-283
ISSN: 1461-7269
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In: Journal of European social policy, Volume 19, Issue 3, p. 283-283
ISSN: 1461-7269
In: Sociologický časopis: Czech sociological review, Volume 45, Issue 3, p. 571-590
ISSN: 2336-128X
In: Journal of European social policy, Volume 19, Issue 3, p. 283
ISSN: 0958-9287
In: Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, Volume 45, Issue 3, p. 630-632
In: Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, Volume 45, Issue 3
This article takes the conservative shift in Polish politics under PiS as an example and argues that the failure of the liberal economy could end up reversing the fast-forward wave in human rights. And because Poland is a relatively new member of the EU, the article also develops the argument that such a reversal in the new member countries could make the European Union's (EU) acquis irrelevant for further democratisation. Therefore, the article first explains how the failure of the economic liberalism of the neo-liberal market economy paves the way for the success of conservative political parties. It then raises the question of why political liberalism, promoted by the EU's human rights acquis, is also a target for the opponents of the market economy. The article concludes with a discussion of current Polish politics in the aftermath of the October 2007 elections.
In: West European politics, Volume 31, Issue 5, p. 1100-1100
ISSN: 1743-9655
In: East European quarterly, Volume 42, Issue 3, p. 285-315
ISSN: 0012-8449
In: West European politics, Volume 31, Issue 5, p. 1100
ISSN: 0140-2382
The paper discusses the salience of the Finno-Ugric links in substantiating intra-EU cooperation among Finland, Estonia and Hungary. The focus is on investigating evidence of such cooperation in the EU's human rights and minority rights related policies towards the Russian Federation and other eastern neighbourhood states. The paper gives an account of institutionalised forms of cultural and political co-operation among the three countries under study. It discusses whether small EU states can coalesce under constructive policy alliances or not. The paper presents the current foreign policy narratives in Finland, Hungary and Estonia and locates the Finno-Ugric narrative in this general framework.
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In: Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review, Volume 44, Issue 3, p. 595-597
In: Millennium: journal of international studies, Volume 35, Issue 3, p. 791-794
ISSN: 1477-9021
In: Millennium: journal of international studies, Volume 35, Issue 3, p. 791-794
ISSN: 0305-8298
In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of comparative politics, Volume 60, Issue 4, p. 675-690
ISSN: 1460-2482
Korkut, Umut (Dogus Author) ; The author argues that in democracies a strong state and strong civil society are not mutually exclusive. Only a democratic, legitimate, and strong state can provide the environment for civil society activities to flourish; in return, only a strong and a participatory civil society can outline the reach of state strength vis-`a-vis the society. The author discusses the need for civil society organizations to collaborate with policy-making institutions, in which they can negotiate policy concerns with ministers and officials while retaining an independent distance from the state and the political parties. Further, the author argues that an environment as such would provide for the transformative capacity of human agency to manifest itself in full in a globalizing world. The author discusses how participatory state and çivil society structures will enhance the role of the human agency in order to dissolve elite rule, especially in new democracies.
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In: Parliamentary affairs: a journal of representative politics, Volume 60, Issue 4, p. 675-690
ISSN: 0031-2290