Ethnicity And Democratisation In The New Europe

Author : Karl Cordell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134690231
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity and Democratisation in the New Europe written by Karl Cordell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-08-21 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broad-ranging study that explores the complex relationship between ethnicity and democratization, focusing on specific case studies including France, Spain, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Russia, Albania and Hungary. Marrying the empirical and theoretical, the book begins by conceptualizing the nature of ethnicity and relating these ideas to different theories of democracy and democratization. The contributors locate ethnic experiences within a series of common frameworks to shed light on key issues such as: * the effect of democratization and authoritarian rule on ethnic tensions * the extent to which ethnicity is constructed as an ideological tool * whether democracy can only function if all citizens are fully assimilated.

Author : André Gerrits
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804749763
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Political Democracy and Ethnic Diversity in Modern European History written by André Gerrits and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume in which the fate of democracy is directly related to ethnic diversity. It highlights the crucial episodes in modern European political history, and shows in what sense ethnic diversity was of vital importance.

Author : John T. Ishiyama
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781555876104
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnopolitics in the New Europe written by John T. Ishiyama and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applying a framework derived from comparative politics and IR theory, the authors of this text explore two sets of empirical cases: the emergence of new nationalisms in old European democracies and the re-emergence of old nationalisms in several new democracies.

Author : Jonathan P. Stein
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 9780765605283
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of National Minority Participation in Post-communist Europe written by Jonathan P. Stein and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2000 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection systematically analyzes different models of minority politics in Eastern Europe, in an effort to understand why tensions are manageable in some contexts, uncontainable in others. There are case studies of Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, and Romania.

Author : Karl Cordell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113469024X
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity and Democratisation in the New Europe written by Karl Cordell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-08-21 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A broad-ranging study that explores the complex relationship between ethnicity and democratization, focusing on specific case studies including France, Spain, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Russia, Albania and Hungary. Marrying the empirical and theoretical, the book begins by conceptualizing the nature of ethnicity and relating these ideas to different theories of democracy and democratization. The contributors locate ethnic experiences within a series of common frameworks to shed light on key issues such as: * the effect of democratization and authoritarian rule on ethnic tensions * the extent to which ethnicity is constructed as an ideological tool * whether democracy can only function if all citizens are fully assimilated.

Author : George Schöpflin
Publisher : C. Hurst & Co. Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nations, Identity, Power written by George Schöpflin and published by C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. This book was released on 2000 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In particular George Schopflin questions why states in the West are able to live with the nation as the legitimate space for democratic institutions, wheras in the post-communist world, especially in Eastern Europe, ethnicity is pre-eminent. He argues that the nation is simultaneously ethnic, civic and structured by the state.

Author : Cezar Bîrzea
Publisher : Council of Europe
ISBN 13 : 9789287129758
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Human Rights and Minorities in the New European Democracies written by Cezar Bîrzea and published by Council of Europe. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[O]rganised jointly by the Council of Europe and the Estonian authorities"--P. 9.

Author : Hans-Rudolf Wicker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000324192
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Nationalism and Ethnicity written by Hans-Rudolf Wicker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While there has been a spate of books concerned with race and ethnicity in Europe more specifically, this timely volume offers a broader perspective and positions issues of identity, ethnicity, multiculturalism, xenophobia, regionalism and ethnonationalism within the wider contexts of trans- and supranationalism. With the weakening of welfare states and the homogenizing influences of globalization, nations within both Eastern and Western Europe are discovering that the battlefield of political action is being redefined, and as a result emotional alliances threaten to bypass the democratic systems of the past. Offering fresh insights that are both empirically and theoretically informed, this book illuminates the processes and consequences of these new developments. In particular, it reviews Marx's, Durkheim's and Simmel's theories on nationalism and national identity, and presents case studies of Belgium, Italy's Northern League, right-wing intellectual production in Russia, and much more.

Author : Ian M. Cuthbertson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minorities written by Ian M. Cuthbertson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1993 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of minority rights - if minorities should enjoy group rights and if so what the concomitant responsibilities are - is one that lies at the center of the political debate in Europe.

Author : Jacques Bertrand
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134693168
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Democratization and Ethnic Minorities written by Jacques Bertrand and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many new democracies are characterized by majority dominance and ethnocentrism. Varying paths or transitions toward democracy create very different outcomes for how ethnic identities, communities and politics are recognized. This book illustrates the varied consequences of democratization, from ethnic violence, new forms of accommodation to improve minorities’ status, or sometimes only minor improvements to life for ethnic minorities. The book treads a nuanced path between conflicting myths of democratization, illustrating that there are a variety of outcomes ranging from violence or stability, to the extension of rights, representation, and new resources for ethnic minorities. Contributors discuss the complex mechanisms that determine the impact of democratization of ethnic minorities through five factors; inherited legacies from the pre-transition period, institutional configurations, elite strategies, societal organization and international influences. Global in scope, this book features a broad range of case studies, both country specific and regional, including chapters on Nigeria, Kenya, Turkey and Taiwan, Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Southeast and East Asia. This book provides new insights and makes at important contribution to existing debates. Democratization and Ethnic Minorities will be essential reading for students and scholars of democratization, nationalism, ethnic conflict and ethnic politics, political science, history, and sociology.