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The changing nature of security in post-Cold War central and eastern Europe: predicaments, perceptions and policy responses
thesis
posted on 2018-08-08, 09:12 authored by Gabor StojanovitsIn the wake of the Cold War, a complex transition process began in Central and
Eastern Europe that has engendered immense change not only in the political,
economic and social situations in the countries of the region, but also in their security
situation. The aim of the thesis is to explore the changing nature of security in post-Cold
War Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing on some pertinent features of
traditional and new schools of thought in International Relations, it sets up an
analytical framework, which is applied to an analysis of security in the Central and
Eastern European region and to Hungary more particularly. The premise of the study
is that the issue of security in post-communist Central and Eastern Europe requires the
deployment of an analytical framework that can accommodate its multifaceted and
multi-dimensional nature. This framework focuses on three main centres of interest:
predicaments, perceptions and policy-responses. The thesis applies this framework to
Central and Eastern Europe with a particular focus on Hungary. Conclusions are
drawn both about the utility of the framework and about the nature of security itself.
History
School
- Social Sciences
Department
- Politics and International Studies
Publisher
© Gábor StojanovitsPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2001Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en