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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815233203321

Titolo

Divided nations and European integration / / edited by Tristan James Mabry ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013

ISBN

0-8122-0827-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Collana

National and ethnic conflict in the twenty-first century

Altri autori (Persone)

MabryTristan James

Disciplina

323.14

Soggetti

Ethnic conflict - Europe

Nationalism - Europe

Group identity - Political aspects - Europe

European Union countries Economic integration

Europe Politics and government

European Union countries Politics and government

Europe Ethnic relations

European Union countries Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction / McGarry, John / O'Leary, Brendan -- Chapter 1. Divided Nations and Challenges to Statist and Global Theories of Justice / Moore, Margaret -- Chapter 2. Forked Tongues: The Language Politics of Divided Nations / Mabry, Tristan James -- Chapter 3. Kin- State Activism in Hungary, Romania, and Russia: The Politics of Ethnic Demography / Csergő, Zsuzsa / Goldgeier, James M. -- Chapter 4. European Integration and the Basque Country in France and Spain / Bray, Zoe / Keating, Michael -- Chapter 5. Albanians Divided by Borders: Loyal to State or Nation? / Channer, Alexandra -- Chapter 6. The Kurds and EU Enlargement: In Search of Restraints on State Power / Romano, David -- Chapter 7. European Integration and Postwar Political Relations between Croatia and the Bosnian Croats and Serbia and the Bosnian Serbs / Fraser, Marsaili -- Chapter 8. The Divided Irish / Tannam, Etain -- Chapter 9. Germany and German Minorities in Europe / Wolff, Stefan -- Chapter 10. Ties That No Longer Bind: Greece, Turkey, and the Fading Allure of Ethnic



Kinship in Cyprus / Bahcheli, Tozun / Noel, Sid -- Conclusion: The Exaggerated Impact of European Integration on the Politics of Divided Nations / McGarry, John / O'Leary, Brendan -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments

Sommario/riassunto

For ethnic minorities in Europe separated by state borders-such as Basques in France and Spain or Hungarians who reside in Slovakia and Romania-the European Union has offered the hope of reconnection or at least of rendering the divisions less obstructive. Co-nationals on different sides of European borders may look forward to increased political engagement, including new norms to support the sharing of sovereignty, enhanced international cooperation, more porous borders, and invigorated protections for minority rights. Under the pan-European umbrella, it has been claimed that those belonging to divided nations would no longer have to depend solely on the goodwill of the governments of their states to have their collective rights respected. Yet for many divided nations, the promise of the European Union and other pan-European institutions remains unfulfilled. Divided Nations and European Integration examines the impact of the expansion of European institutions and the ways the EU acts as a confederal association of member states, rather than a fully multinational federation of peoples. A wide range of detailed case studies consider national communities long within the borders of the European Union, such as the Irish and Basques; communities that have more recently joined, such as the Croats and Hungarians; and communities that are not yet members but are on its borders or in its "near abroad," such as the Albanians, Serbs, and Kurds. This authoritative volume provides cautionary but valuable insights to students of European institutions, nations and nationalism, regional integration, conflict resolution, and minority rights. Contributors: Tozun Bahcheli, Zoe Bray, Alexandra Channer, Zsuzsa Csergő, Marsaili Fraser, James M. Goldgeier, Michael Keating, Tristan James Mabry, John McGarry, Margaret Moore, Sid Noel, Brendan O'Leary, David Romano, Etain Tannam, Stefan Wolff.