Autorentext

Vít Hlouek is a Professor at the Department of Political Science and Anglophone Studies, Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic.

Vratislav Havlík is an Associate Professor and Department Vice-Head of the International Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic.

Veronika Veli ka Zapletalová is Assistant Professor of European Politics and Vice-Dean for Communication at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic.

Pavlína Kutnarová is a Junior Research Fellow at the International Institute for Political Science at the Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Czech Republic.

Klappentext

This book uses the V4 countries as an ideal political environment for testing shifts in Euroscepticism and illiberalism in the dynamic context of the "politicising moments" of multiple crises.

Inhalt

1. Introduction 2. Illiberalism and Euroscepticism 3. From austerity to identity: the migration catalyst for illiberal Euroscepticism 4. From defensive to assertive: pandemic as amplifier reinforcing the illiberal-Eurosceptic nexus in Central Europe 5. From criticism of the EU to criticism of the west: developments after the Russian invasion 6. Discussion and conclusion