Ethnic struggle, coexistence, and democratization in Eastern Europe / / Sherrill Stroschein [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Stroschein Sherrill
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxiv, 289 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 320.947
• Soggetto topico: Democratization - Europe, Eastern; Ethnic groups - Political activity - Europe, Eastern; Minorities - Political activity - Europe, Eastern
• Soggetto geografico: Europe, Eastern Ethnic relations
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Ethnic protest, moderation, and democratization -- 2. Time, process, and events in democratization -- 3. Ethnic contention in context -- 4. Local violence and uncertainty in Târgul Mureș, 1990 -- 5. The power of symbols: Romanians, Hungarians, and King Mathias in Cluj -- 6. Forging language laws: schools and sign wars -- 7. Debating local governance: autonomy, local control, and minority enclaves -- 8. Implications of group interaction.
• Sommario/riassunto: In societies divided on ethnic and religious lines, problems of democracy are magnified - particularly where groups are mobilized into parties. With the principle of majority rule, minorities should be less willing to endorse democratic institutions where their parties persistently lose elections. While such problems should also hamper transitions to democracy, several diverse Eastern European states have formed democracies even under these conditions. In this book, Sherrill Stroschein argues that sustained protest and contention by ethnic Hungarians in Romania and Slovakia brought concessions on policies that they could not achieve through the ballot box, in contrast to Transcarpathia, Ukraine. In Romania and Slovakia, contention during the 1990s made each group accustomed to each other's claims and aware of the degree to which each could push its own. Ethnic contention became a de facto deliberative process that fostered a moderation of group stances, allowing democratic consolidation to slowly and organically take root.
• Altri titoli varianti: Ethnic Struggle, Coexistence, & Democratization in Eastern Europe
• Titolo autorizzato: Ethnic struggle, coexistence, and democratization in Eastern Europe
• ISBN: 1-107-22729-1; 1-139-41130-6; 1-280-68290-6; 9786613659842; 1-139-42266-9; 0-511-79376-6; 1-139-41964-1; 1-139-42169-7; 1-139-41759-2; 1-139-42373-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462304903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Cambridge studies in contentious politics.