Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 1. Theorising Struggles Between Neo-militant Democracies and Their Enemies PART 1: Neo-militant Democracies Under Russian Pressure 2. Estonia: From Neo-militant Towards Quasi-militant Democracy? 3. Latvia’s Soft Neo-militancy: Limiting Russia’s Influence 4. Lithuania: Between Liberal Democracy and Weak Neo-militant Democracy PART 2: Triumphs of Quasi-militant Democracy 5. Poland: Drift Towards Quasi-militant Democracy in Defiance of Resistance 6. Hungary: An Abusive Neo-militant Democracy 7. Quasi-militant Democracy in Romania: Limiting Contention by Legal Means 8. Bulgaria: Corruption- and Oligarchy-driven Drift Towards Quasi-militant Democracy PART 3: Balancing Between Neo- and Quasi-militant Democracy 9. Czech Republic: Towards Quasi-militant Democracy? 10. Militarisation of Democracy in Slovakia 11. Slovenia’s Crisis-driven Path from Neo- to Quasi-militant Democracy CONCLUSIONS 12. Neo-militant Democracies Under Siege in Post-Communist Europe: Constitutional Law Perspective 13. Victories and Defeats of Quasi-militant Democracies in Post-Communist Europe: Comparative Politics Perspective

About the Author

Joanna Rak is Associate Professor of Political Sciences at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan´ , Poland.

Roman Bäcker is Professor of Political Sciences at Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun´ , Poland.