Title: Damming the Danube
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.
Subjects: Foreign relations, Gabčíkovo (Power plant), Political aspects, Political aspects of Waterresources development, Political stability, Politics and government, Social aspects, Social aspects of Water resources development, Water resources development, Waterresources development, Gabčíkovo (Slovakia : Power plant), Hungary, Danube river and valley
Places: Danube River Region, Europe, Hungary, Slovakia
Time periods: 1989-