Region State And Identity In Central And Eastern Europe

Author : Judy Batt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136343237
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Region, State and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe written by Judy Batt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers that comprise this collection examine the role of competing European, national, ethnic and regional identities over the introduction of new regional levels of government in the former Soviet and now Central and Eastern European states.

Author : Klaus Roth
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 3825813878
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Region, Regional Identity and Regionalism in Southeastern Europe written by Klaus Roth and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2008 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southeastern Europe is often portrayed as an area plagued by endemic nationalisms, a view that seems to be confirmed by the break-up of Yugoslavia. However, a closer look shows that the nation is not the only territorial unit of identification. Regions play an important role as well, especially those that look back on traditions that differ from those of the national state. Thus, the end of socialism also brought forward regional movements which articulated opposition to the dominance of the centralized state. These developments are furthered by the integration into the European Union, whose policy of a "Europe of the Regions" demands strong regional centres for the administration of structural funds and for the empowerment of the regions. The contributions to this volume address the dynamics of regions, regionalism and regional identities in present Southeast Europe, but also look into the history of individual regions. They provide ample material for understanding the complex nature of territorial identification in this rapidly changing part of Europe.

Author : Jan Dr. Fellerer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000497275
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Identities In-Between in East-Central Europe written by Jan Dr. Fellerer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-16 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses the question of ‘identity’ in East-Central Europe. It engages with a specific definition of ‘sub-cultures’ over the period from c. 1900 to the present and proposes novel ways in which the term can be used with the purpose of understanding identities that do not conform to the fixed, standard categories imposed from the top down, such as ‘ethnic group’, ‘majority’ or ‘minority’. Instead, a ‘sub-culture’ is an identity that sits between these categories. It may blend languages, e.g. dialect forms, cultural practices, ethnic and social identifications, or religious affiliations as well as concepts of race and biology that, similarly, sit outside national projects.

Author : Marcin Moskalewicz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351654527
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Central Europe written by Marcin Moskalewicz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Central Europe” is a vague and ambiguous term, more to do with outlook and a state of mind than with a firmly defined geographical region. In the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the Iron Curtain, Central Europeans considered themselves to be culturally part of the West, which had been politically handicapped by the Eastern Soviet bloc. More recently, and with European Union membership, Central Europeans are increasingly thinking of themselves as politically part of the West, but culturally part of the East. This book, with contributions from a large number of scholars from the region, explores the concept of “Central Europe” and a number of other political concepts from an openly Central European perspective. It considers a wide range of issues including politics, nationalism, democracy, and the impact of culture, art and history. Overall, the book casts a great deal of light on the complex nature of “Central Europe”.

Author : Ola Tunander
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Geopolitics in Post-Wall Europe written by Ola Tunander and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 1997-05-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text deciphers and explains the geopolitics of Europe, putting an emphasis on the relation between politics, culture and territory, and on the major geopolitical and cultural shifts which affect the relation between security, identity and territory.

Author : E. Tulmets
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137315768
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book East Central European Foreign Policy Identity in Perspective written by E. Tulmets and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have countries in the EU that were previously under Communist rule influenced the creation of a European policy towards other Post-Soviet nations? This study explores countries including the Czech Republic and Poland and shows how they have helped develop a coherent policy based reconciling political and historical foreign policy identities.

Author : Matthew Rampley
Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 1843837064
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heritage, Ideology, and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe written by Matthew Rampley and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays looking at heritage practices and the construction of the past, along with how they can be used to build a national identity. The preservation of architectural monuments has played a key role in the formation of national identities from the nineteenth century to the present. The task of maintaining the collective memories and ideas of a shared heritage often focused on the historic built environment as the most visible sign of a link with the past. The meaning of such monuments and sites has, however, often been the subject of keen dispute: whose heritage is being commemorated, by whom and for whom? The answers to such questions are not always straightforward, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe, the recent history of which has been characterized by territorial disputes, the large-scale movement of peoples, and cultural dispossession. This volume considers the dilemmas presented by the recent and complex histories of European states such as Germany, Greece, Poland, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. Examining the effect ofthe destruction of buildings by war, the loss of territories, or the "unwanted" built heritage of the Communist and Nazi regimes, the contributors examine how architectural and urban sites have been created, destroyed, or transformed, in the attempt to make visible a national heritage. Matthew Rampley is Professor of History of Art at the University of Birmingham. Contributors: Matthew Rampley, Juliet Kinchin, Paul Stirton, SusanneJaeger, Arnold Bartetzky, Jacek Friedrich, Tania Vladova, George Karatzas, Riitta Oittinen

Author : Petr Drulák
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788086506111
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National and European Identities in EU Enlargement written by Petr Drulák and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cosmin Cercel
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1003812953
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law, Culture and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe written by Cosmin Cercel and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mirosław Michał Sadowski is Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland; Affiliated Researcher at the Centre for Global Studies, Alberta University in Lisbon, Portugal; Postdoctoral Researcher at CEBRAP – Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning in São Paulo, Brazil; Research Assistant at the Institute of Legal Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland.

Author : Alexandra Weber
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638689107
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Europe's Influence on Ukrainian State Building - A Struggle for Identity Between Europe and Russia written by Alexandra Weber and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Eastern Europe, grade: 1,3, University of Hamburg (Departement für Wirtschaft und Politik), language: English, abstract: Up to today the realities in Post-Soviet space are defined by the search for state and national identity in contrast to the former peripheral existence during the Soviet past. From the very beginning of their independence the newly independent states were afflicted with different problems resulting from the ambiguous situation of quasi sovereignty but still strictly Moscow centralised rule. A regime change always demands great flexibility in ideas of these who have to deal with the remains of the past and the results of the breakdown in order to find an adequate approach to the new realities. It is therefore not astonishing that in account to the various economic and social constraints in the different Newly Independent States, each was in search of its own way to deal with the problems of state-building, acceptance of the international community and Russia's attempts to dominate the former sphere of influence. The analysis will deal with the special case of Ukraine's emancipation from the USSR heritage and the historic dominance of an imperial Russia. The focus of analysis will be put on the processes of state-identity building in the framework of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC), Western Europe and the EU, as well as the context of Russian foreign policy towards the 'Near Abroad'. The subject is especially relevant today, since a wave of 'colourful' revolutions has taken place on the territories of some former Soviet republics in the past to years, showing that the political processes of forming a nation are still hard to predict in that region. The important change that goes on in the former Soviet republics, including Ukraine, is the transition from the main foreign policy objective of the 1990s - either to escape from Russia or to stay