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Damming the Danube : Gabčikovo and post-Communist politics in Europe / John Fitzmaurice.
- Title
- Damming the Danube : Gabčikovo and post-Communist politics in Europe / John Fitzmaurice.
- Author
- Fitzmaurice, John.
- Publication
- Boulder, Co. : Westview Press, 1996.
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- Description
- xii, 137 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- The conflict between Hungary and Slovakia over the Gabcikovo-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 cultural values threatens to resurrect nationalist resentments buried by forty years of communism. Based on a wealth of primary research, this balanced book considers the broad political, economic, social, legal, and environmental implications of the dam project - not just for Hungary and Slovakia, but for Europe as a whole. Viewing the controversy from the contending perspectives of all the key players, the author explores the role of outside mediation efforts and the resulting implications for regional security and cooperation.
- Subject
- Gabčíkovo (Power plant)
- Gabčíkovo (Slovakia : Power plant)
- Water resources development > Political aspects > Danube River Region
- Water resources development > Social aspects > Danube River Region
- Political stability > Danube River Region
- Hungary > Foreign relations > Slovakia
- Slovakia > Foreign relations > Hungary
- Europe > Politics and government > 1989-
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A Short Chronology of the Dam -- 1. The Danube: Setting the Scene -- 2. Shaping the Region: 1848-1945 -- 3. The Communist Intermezzo -- 4. Towards Democracy -- 5. The Dam or the Rise Before the Fall? -- 6. The Impact of the Fall of Communism on the Dam -- 7. The Legal Issues and International Mediation.
- ISBN
- 0813321646 (hard)
- LCCN
- ^^^96011288^
- OCLC
- 34281531
- SCSB-10272663
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library