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http://www.idm.at/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/idm-team-33.png 650 600 Darija https://www.idm.at/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/logo3-en.png Darija2022-02-01 21:19:562026-02-04 10:13:45Péter TECHET, Research Associate
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Events
NEW RELEASE
Undoing the Illiberal Damage:
Understanding Democratic Backsliding in Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia. Searching for Strategies of Reversal.
In this study Malwina Talik and Péter Techet take a closer look at the degree of backsliding in three countries: Hungary since 2010, Poland between 2015 and 2023, and Slovakia since 2023. Along with comparing changes in traditionally scrutinized areas such as the rule of law and media, the study also analyzes the illiberal impact on identity politics and corruption.
This publication is part of a project funded by the Wacław Felczak Institute. This publication reflects only the views of the authors and cannot be interpreted as representing the official position of the Wacław Felczak Institute.
NEW RELEASE
Der Donauraum 4/2025 – Verflossene Flüsse. Historische und literarische Blicke auf Mitteleuropa – vom Rhein bis zum Dnipro
Where does the Danube Region begin and end? How did Danube policy develop? And why did German emigrants start settling in Hungary and the countries of the lower Danube in the 19th century? This issue of Der Donauraumpresents three papers that focus on selected historical and literary developments in the region, with an introduction by the editors Péter Techet and Rebecca Thorne.
With contributions by Hiram Kümper, Johannes Reutzel, Galyna Spodarets, Péter Techet and Rebecca Thorne.
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