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The Curious Case of Slovakia: Regime Preferences Thirty Years after the Velvet Revolution
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Abstract A singular focus on the formal institutional reforms and economic variables misses the mark when it comes to explaining the decreasing support for liberal democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. This article suggests that over thirty years after the beginning of the “transition to democracy,” a clo... view more
A singular focus on the formal institutional reforms and economic variables misses the mark when it comes to explaining the decreasing support for liberal democracy in Central and Eastern Europe. This article suggests that over thirty years after the beginning of the “transition to democracy,” a closer look at the conditional factors of social quality can shed a different light on the transformation of societal realities. In particular, it pays attention to the extent to which people are able to participate in social and societal relationships under conditions that enhance their well-being, capacity, and individual potential. Slovakia is chosen as a case study, as it is both representative of some of the wider malaises characteristic of the younger European democracies and as it is a rather interesting example of liberal democracy within the region.... view less
Keywords
democracy; participation; regime; political regime; preference; Slovakia; case study
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
General Sociology, Basic Research, General Concepts and History of Sociology, Sociological Theories
Free Keywords
regime preference; social quality; societal relationships; ZA7500: European Values Study 2017: Integrated Dataset (EVS 2017)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 1-19
Journal
International Journal of Social Quality, 10 (2020) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.3167/IJSQ.2020.100203
ISSN
1757-0352
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0