A Bastion of Democracy or Half Way Down the Slippery Slope? Liberal Values and Illiberal Tendencies in the Czech Republic
- As part of the special issue on 'Lex CEU', the present article discusses the public reactions in the Czech Republic (from politicians, the media and academics) to the recent events in Hungary. It shows that these reactions were often closely connected to much broader questions regarding attitudes towards liberal values and the meaning of civil society. Taking a historical perspective, the dominant discourses on civil society are traced back to the early period of Czech democratization and twoAs part of the special issue on 'Lex CEU', the present article discusses the public reactions in the Czech Republic (from politicians, the media and academics) to the recent events in Hungary. It shows that these reactions were often closely connected to much broader questions regarding attitudes towards liberal values and the meaning of civil society. Taking a historical perspective, the dominant discourses on civil society are traced back to the early period of Czech democratization and two key ‘framers’ of public opinion: Václav Havel and Václav Klaus.…
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| Document Type: | Article |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.25626/0071 |
| Creator and project details | |
| Author: | Marie Heřmanová, Štěpán Drahokoupil |
| Editor: | Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND |
| Publishing Institution: | Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft |
| Title details | |
| Title (English): | A Bastion of Democracy or Half Way Down the Slippery Slope? Liberal Values and Illiberal Tendencies in the Czech Republic |
| Parent Title (English): | Cultures of History Forum |
| Release Date: | 2020/06/26 |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2020/02/05 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2017/09/12 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject indexing | |
| DDC-Classification: | 9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie |
| Collections: | Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena) |
| Tag: | Babis; Czech Republic; Soros; illiberal democracy |
| GND Keyword: | Tschechische Republik; Babiš, Andrej; Soros, George; Antiliberalismus |
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| File Size: | 383 KB |
| MIME-Type: | application/pdf |
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| Licence / Usage Agreement (German): |  Urheberrechtlich geschützt |
