TY  - BOOK
AU  - G. Doug Davis and Michael O. Slobodchikoff
TI  - Cultural imperialism and the decline of the liberal order: Russian and Western soft power in Eastern Europe
SN  - 9781498585866
U1  - 325.32DAV 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - Lanham, Maryland
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Imperialism--Social aspects--Europe, Eastern
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - The end of the Cold War heralded in a new era for liberalism. Eastern European states adopted democracy and capitalism to gain acceptance by the West. Yet, a mere two decades later, liberalism was in crisis. The rise of illiberal democracies and nationalist movements in the second decade of the twenty-first century have left scholars baffled. How could this happen? Dr's. Davis and Slobodchikoff show that the decline of the liberal order lies within its own ideology: as it champions freedom, liberalism requires its adherents to give up their cultural traditions and adopt the global ethos to be legitimate. Through a systematic analysis of Western and Russian soft power in Poland and Serbia, the authors explain the decline of liberalism and the battle over the balance of power in Eastern Europe. -- Provided by publisher
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