C 2024

Slovakia : “Why should we save their ass, when it's their own fault?”

KOTÝNEK KROTKÝ, Jan

Základní údaje

Originální název

Slovakia : “Why should we save their ass, when it's their own fault?”

Vydání

London, How Europeans Understand Solidarity, Reciprocity and Fairness in the EU : Insights from Conversations Among Citizens, od s. 154-168, 15 s. Routledge / UACES Contemporary European Studies, 2024

Nakladatel

Routledge

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

elektronická verze "online"

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ne

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

ISBN

978-1-032-66576-4

EID Scopus

Změněno: 16. 3. 2026 23:46, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

This chapter presents Slovakia, one of the member states of the European Union (EU) belonging to the Visegrád group, and a net recipient from the EU budget with prospects of becoming a net payer. The chapter starts with a general introduction to Slovakia and the country’s path to EU membership. It further gives a compact overview of Slovakia’s political system and key figures on its population and economy. The chapter continues with key highlights of political and public debates in Slovakia about European integration. The substantive third section of the chapter outlines the common patterns that emerged in the focus group discussions in Slovakia, particularly across the discussed scenarios presented to the participants and also between and within the three sociodemographic groups. The findings show that overall, the Slovak participants still saw their country as being on a somewhat bumpy way “back to Europe.” Their perceptions about transnational solidarity were persistently mixed with acknowledgement of national issues and criticism of the national political elites (e.g. level of corruption).