Damming the Danube
Subtitle: Gabčikovo and post-communist politics in Europe
By: John Fitzmaurice.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Gabčíkovo (Power plant).; Waterresources 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-
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographcal references and index.