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In: The international spectator: journal of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Volume 25, Issue 4, p. 261-273
ISSN: 1751-9721
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In: The international spectator: journal of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, Volume 25, Issue 4, p. 261-273
ISSN: 1751-9721
In: Foreign affairs, Volume 69, Issue 5, p. 129-145
ISSN: 0015-7120
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In: Nuclear Strategy and World Security, p. 242-259
In: Bulletin of peace proposals: to motivate research, to inspire future oriented thinking, to promote activities for peace, Volume 15, Issue 4, p. 305-315
ISSN: 2516-9181
In: Journal of Central European affairs, Volume 1, p. 1-4
ISSN: 0885-2472
At a time of tremendous flux throughout Europe, this book provides solid analyses of the events and trends that are rapidly reshaping the region. Originally published as an edition of Dcedalus, this updated volume brings together leading scholars to examine such issues as the major paradigmatic shifts occurring in Eastern Europe, the long-te
In: Journal of Central European affairs, Volume 5, p. 1-16
ISSN: 0885-2472
In the paper I try to answer the question, whether there is a genuine constitutional theory of 'illiberal constitutionalism,' recently advocated in some East-Central European member states of the European Union, especially in Hungary and Poland. As I demonstrate, court ideologists of populist autocrats use Carl Schmitt's concept of political sovereignty and collective identity of the people, or misuse Max Weber's leader democracy or Richard Bellamy's or others' political constitutionalism ideas to legitimize authoritarian aims. I argue that the constitutional concept, which rejects liberalism as a constitutive precondition of democracy, cannot be in compliance with the traditional idea of liberal democratic constitutionalism. This concept has nothing to do with any majoritarian constitutional model based on the separation of power, or with political constitutionalism, or any kind of weak judicial review, and it misuses the concept of constitutional identity. One of the reasons of the illiberal turn has been that there was a lack of consensus about liberal democratic values at the time of the transition. In the beginning of the democratic transitions in these new democracies, preference was given to general economic effectiveness over mass civic and political engagement. According to some authors, the prospects for liberal constitutional democracy in the newly independent states of Central and Eastern Europe following the 1989–90 transition were diminished by a technocratic, judicial control of politics, which blunted the development of civic constitutionalism, civil society, and participatory democratic government as necessary counterpoints to the technocratic machinery of legal constitutionalism. But, there is nothing to suggest that an earlier and more participatory constitution-making process would have prevented the populist turn. Those proponents of participatory constitutionalism do not sufficiently take into account the rise of populism and the lack of civic interest in constitutional matters, due to poor constitutional culture. The recent success of illiberalism in the region seems to indicate that the special historical circumstances require a longer period of time the build up a liberal democratic political and constitutional culture. But the democratic backsliding is not a proof of the failure of liberal democracy altogether, as illiberal leaders and their court ideologists want people to believe.
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In: Journal of international affairs, Volume 11, Issue 1, p. 31
ISSN: 0022-197X
In: Social research: an international quarterly, Volume 12, Issue 1, p. 304
ISSN: 0037-783X
In: Journal of international affairs, Volume 11, Issue 1, p. 9
ISSN: 0022-197X
In: International affairs, Volume 69, Issue 1, p. 160-160
ISSN: 1468-2346
In: Eastern European economics, Volume 30, Issue 1, p. 1-91
ISSN: 0012-8775
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In: Social research: an international quarterly, Volume 12, p. 304-327
ISSN: 0037-783X
In: EUI Department of Law Research Paper No. 2019/05
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