Discomforts of Victory
Democracy, Liberal Values and Nationalism in Post-Communist Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8041694 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vladimir Tismaneanu (0000-0001-7835-2477, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 81-100 |
| Publication date | 2002-04-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | West European Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/713869600 |
| OpenAlex | W2066874113 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
This article tries to identify the main threats to post-communist liberal democracies, especially those perils related to the weakness of pluralist traditions, institutions, and values and the rise of movements and ideologies rooted in cultural and political malaise, ressentiment, and disaffection. Nine such perils are identified in the second half of the article, including Leninist legacies, salvationist popular sentiments, the rhetoric of reactionary nostalgia, the fluidity of political formations, the crisis of values, authority, and accountability, and the tensions between individualistic and communitarian values. The concern here is with a diagnosis of the main vulnerabilities of Eastern Europe's post-communist states in order to evaluate prospects for further democratic consolidation and risks for the rise and affirmation of ethnocratic parties and movements. Understanding the post-communist political and cultural situation, including persistent isolationist, anti-globalisation, populist and nationalist trends, is of critical importance for interpreting the main directions these countries will pursue in their efforts to join the European Union institutions. Keywords: Post-Communist Europeliberal democracydemocratic consolidationisolationist trendspopulist trendsnationalist trends
Authoritarianism · Communism · Democracy · Ideology · Individualism · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Reactionary · Sociology · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law
Positive and negative social capital and the uneven development of civil society in Southeastern Europe
Re-evaluating the post-communist success story
Imagining ourselves then and now
The Architects of Democracy
National identity matters
Post-Communist Modernization, Transition Studies, and Diversity in Europe
Transnational Culture and the Political Transformation of East-Central Europe
The (not so) surprising longevity of identity politics
Down and Then Out in Bucharest
| Citations per year | 0.43 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2020 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |