Central and Eastern Europe has a long history of, on the one hand, ethnic conflicts and, on the other, of a revolutionary tradition against expansionism. Both have their roots in the geographical situation and ethnic composition of the region. All these problems have surfaced at times when the political status quo has been upset for some reason, such as after the two world wars and after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Both great powers bordering the Danube region-Germany and Russia-have strived to develop their own versions of confederations (Mitteleuropa and Pan-Slavic movements). Also, politicians and intellectuals of the countries affected have proposed various theories, and made initiatives for different forms of closer or looser confederative formations. This book examines the reasons for the failure of these initiatives, these reasons including such factors as ethnically-motivated political antagonism, and the lack of economic complementarity. Contributing valuable information on the problems of political and economic integration, which should not be forgotten in a period when the countries of the region are looking towards the European Union, expecting-realistically or not-the solution of their various conflicts
In: Atlantic studies on society in change 97
In: Atlantic studies on society in change no. 97
Plans and projects for integration in East Central Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries : toward a typology /Ignać Romsics --Miklo's Wesseleńyi on the future of the Habsburg Empire and Hungary /Aǵnes Deaḱ --Hungarian nationalities act of 1849 /Andra's Gergely --Lajos Kossuth's Role in the conceptualization of a Danubian Federation /Gyor̈gy Szabad --Dialogue among Hungarian and Romanian exiles, 1850-51 /Ambrus Miskolczy --Joźsef Eoẗvos̈ and Ferenc Deaḱ : laws on nationalities /Laźlo ́Katus --Lajos Mocsaŕy's political theory of national minorities /Istvań Csucsuja --Hungarian-Croat compromise of 1868 /Imre Ress --Conceptual changes on central European integration in Hungarian political thinking, 1920-1948 /Gyor̈gy Gyarmati --Oszkaŕ Jaśzi's Danube Federation theories /Gyor̈gy Litvań --Transylvanism : revision or regionalism? /Piroska Balogh --Istvań Bibo ́on the conditions of Danubian reconciliation /Tibor Zs. Lukaćs --National independence, neutrality, and cooperation in the Danube region : Imre Nagy's foreign policy ideas /Jano's M. Rainer --"Why did the Danubian Federation plans fail?" /Pet́er Hanaḱ --Protection of national and ethnic minorities' rights in Hungary (1989-1997) /Judit Boda Paĺok --Bilateral treaties between Hungary and its neighbors after 1989 /Gaśpaŕ Biŕo.
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