Ethnic struggle, coexistence, and democratization in Eastern Europe

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Ethnic struggle, coexistence, and democratization in Eastern Europe

Statement of responsibility

Sherrill Stroschein

Creator

• Stroschein, Sherrill

Subject

• Democratization -- Europe, Eastern
• Ethnic groups -- Political activity
• Ethnic groups -- Political activity -- Europe, Eastern
• Ethnic relations
• Europe, Eastern
• Europe, Eastern -- Ethnic relations
• Minorities -- Europe, Eastern -- Political activity
• Minorities -- Political activity
• Democratization

Language

eng

Summary

• "This book argues that protest by ethnic Hungarians in Romania and Slovakia brought about policy changes and integrated Hungarian minorities into the democratic process. Ethnic protest allowed groups to learn about the nature and limits of each other's claims, facilitating new democratic institutions"--
• "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, Ŵs 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"--

Member of

• Cambridge studies in contentious politics

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• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

LC call number

JN96.A91

LC item number

S77 2012

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Cambridge studies in contentious politics