1st Edition

Damming The Danube Gabcikovo/nagymaros And Post-communist Politics In Europe

By John Fitzmaurice Copyright 1998
156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

The conflict between Hungary and Slovakia over the Gabčikovo-Nagymaros dam system on the Danube is a potentially explosive threat to regional stability along this key economic artery between the North Sea and the Black Sea. Emblematic of the difficulties in establishing a post-communist regional order, this bitter battle between material economic values and post-materialist environmental and... Read more
Preface -- The Danube: Setting the Scene -- Shaping the Region: 1848-1945 -- The Communist Intermezzo -- Towards Democracy -- The Dam or the Rise Before the Fall? -- The Impact of the Fall of Communism on the Dam -- The Legal Issues and International Mediation

Biography

Fitzmaurice, John