The Visegrad Group and Democracy Promotion: Transition Experience and Beyond

Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
	A Visegrad Group Political Culture?
	Vestiges of Communism and Troubles with Liberalism
2 Democracy Promotion by the V4 States: Origins and Motives
	Democratic Identity
	Europeanization
	Return to the “West” and Status
	Geopolitics and Geostrategy
	Solidarity and Epistemic Communities
3 The Democracy Assistance Infrastructure of the Visegrad States
	The Czech Republic: A Determined Promotor
	Hungary: A Reluctant Promotor
	Poland: Engaging in the Name of Solidarity
	Slovakia: Joining Democracy Promotion Efforts with a Time-Lag
4 The Target States of Visegrad Countries’ Democracy Assistance
5 The Substance of Visegrad States’ Democracy Assistance
	Conceptualizing Democracy
	Transition Experience—“De-ideologizing” Democracy Assistance
		Educating and Mobilizing the Youth
		Training and Expertise Sharing
		Civil Society Support
		Rules-Based Market Economy
6 External and Internal Factors Shaping the Substance of Visegrad States’ Democracy Assistance
	Downloading and Uploading the Rationale for Conducting Democracy Assistance
	Gender and the Empowerment of Women
	Windows of Opportunity, Domestic Discourses and Rhetoric
7 The International Visegrad Fund as a Democracy Promotion Instrument
	A Theoretical Perspective on the IVF
	The Structure and Procedures of the IVF
	Substance of the IVF’s Activities
8 Conclusion
Index