Hungarian Spaces and Places: Patterns of Transition
In: Millennium: journal of international studies, Volume 35, Issue 3, p. 791-794
ISSN: 0305-8298
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In: Millennium: journal of international studies, Volume 35, Issue 3, p. 791-794
ISSN: 0305-8298
In: Economic and industrial democracy, Volume 27, Issue 1, p. 67-104
ISSN: 1461-7099
This article argues that democratic decision-making improves trade union strength and success during policy-making. Elitism and lack of democracy, on the other hand, diminish unions' strength. Elitism, in this respect, remains entrenched in trade union structures during internal decision-making. The author's argument is twofold: both the ability of trade union leaders to develop links with the rank-and-file and reduce hierarchy during internal decision-making influence the strength of organizations. Both factors help carry the spontaneous and local demands of union members onto the national agenda. This article assigns a crucial role to unions and interest groups in providing a system of interest representation sensitive to interests that might go unacknowledged in a system whose only devices of representation were political parties and representatives with territorial constituencies. However, this article does not idealize groups but rather questions their ability to represent the interests of their members. The author tests the plausibility of these hypotheses with data from interviews with trade union confederation and federation representatives from Romania and Poland. This article concludes that organizational democracy positively affects union success.
Korkut, Umut (Dogus Author) ; This paper has two main goals. First, it illuminates continuities between the ideas of "true Romanian-ness" as held by both the Romanian cultural elite and the Romanian political regimes in the interwar and communist periods. A manufactured definition of a "true" Romanian—as a Romanian Orthodox Christian, natively Romanian-speaking, and ethnically Romanian—formed the core of Romanian nationalism, regardless of the ruling ideology. This definition did not include the Roman and Greek Catholics of Romanian ethnicity on the grounds that they were not Orthodox Christians. It goes without saying that these criteria also excluded Hungarians, Germans and other ethnic minorities on the basis of ethnicity, language and religion. Second, the paper demonstrates that the principal ideas of Romanian nationalism developed in overt contrast to the internationalist ideological movements of both periods. Both the liberals and the Marxists misunderstood nationalism, claimed Ernest Gellner in 1964: liberals assumed that nationalism was a doomed legacy of outmoded irrationalism, superstition and savagery, and Marxists considered it a necessary but temporary stage in the path to global socialism.1 Gellner's comments are evidently appropriate to Romania, where nationalist responses developed first to the Westernization of the interwar period and second to communist internationalism after 1948.
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In: Nationalities papers: the journal of nationalism and ethnicity, Volume 34, Issue 2, p. 131-156
ISSN: 0090-5992
In: Nationalities papers: the journal of nationalism and ethnicity, Volume 34, Issue 2, p. 131-155
ISSN: 1465-3923
This paper has two main goals. First, it illuminates continuities between the ideas of "true Romanian-ness" as held by both the Romanian cultural elite and the Romanian political regimes in the interwar and communist periods. A manufactured definition of a "true" Romanian—as a Romanian Orthodox Christian, natively Romanian-speaking, and ethnically Romanian—formed the core of Romanian nationalism, regardless of the ruling ideology. This definition did not include the Roman and Greek Catholics of Romanian ethnicity on the grounds that they were not Orthodox Christians. It goes without saying that these criteria also excluded Hungarians, Germans and other ethnic minorities on the basis of ethnicity, language and religion. Second, the paper demonstrates that the principal ideas of Romanian nationalism developed in overt contrast to the internationalist ideological movements of both periods. Both the liberals and the Marxists misunderstood nationalism, claimed Ernest Gellner in 1964: liberals assumed that nationalism was a doomed legacy of outmoded irrationalism, superstition and savagery, and Marxists considered it a necessary but temporary stage in the path to global socialism. Gellner's comments are evidently appropriate to Romania, where nationalist responses developed first to the Westernization of the interwar period and second to communist internationalism after 1948.
In: Korkut , U 2006 , ' Nationalism versus internationalism: the roles of political and cultural elites in interwar and communist Romania ' , Nationalities Papers , vol. 34 , no. 2 , pp. 131-155 . https://doi.org/10.1080/00905990600617698
This paper has two main goals. First, it illuminates continuities between the ideas of "true Romanian-ness" as held by both the Romanian cultural elite and the Romanian political regimes in the interwar and communist periods. A manufactured definition of a "true" Romanian—as a Romanian Orthodox Christian, natively Romanian-speaking, and ethnically Romanian—formed the core of Romanian nationalism, regardless of the ruling ideology. This definition did not include the Roman and Greek Catholics of Romanian ethnicity on the grounds that they were not Orthodox Christians. It goes without saying that these criteria also excluded Hungarians, Germans and other ethnic minorities on the basis of ethnicity, language and religion. Second, the paper demonstrates that the principal ideas of Romanian nationalism developed in overt contrast to the internationalist ideological movements of both periods. Both the liberals and the Marxists misunderstood nationalism, claimed Ernest Gellner in 1964: liberals assumed that nationalism was a doomed legacy of outmoded irrationalism, superstition and savagery, and Marxists considered it a necessary but temporary stage in the path to global socialism. Gellner's comments are evidently appropriate to Romania, where nationalist responses developed first to the Westernization of the interwar period and second to communist internationalism after 1948.
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In: East European quarterly, Volume 39, Issue 2, p. 149-177
ISSN: 0012-8449
In: Perspectives on European politics and society, Volume 3, Issue 2, p. 297-324
ISSN: 1568-0258
In: Perspectives on European politics and society: journal of intra-European dialogue, Volume 3, Issue 2, p. 297-324
ISSN: 1570-5854
In: Protest and Social Movements
The project of European integration has undergone a succession of shocks, beginning with the Eurozone crisis, followed by reactions to the sudden growth of irregular migration, and, most recently, the Coronavirus pandemic. These shocks have politicised questions related to the governance of borders and markets that for decades had been beyond the realm of contestation. For some time, these questions have been spilling over into domestic and European electoral politics, with the rise of "populist" and Eurosceptic parties. Increasingly, however, the crises have begun to reshape the liberal narrative that have been central to the European project. This book charts the rise of contestation over the meaning of "Europe", particularly in light of the Coronavirus crisis and Brexit. Drawing together cutting edge, interdisciplinary scholarship from across the continent, it questions not merely the traditional conflict between European and nationalist politics, but the impact of contestation on the assumed "cosmopolitan" values of Europe.
In: Visual studies, Volume 38, Issue 5, p. 817-819
ISSN: 1472-5878
In: Central and Eastern European migration review: CEEMR, Volume 12, Issue 1
ISSN: 2300-1682
In: International migration: quarterly review, Volume 60, Issue 5, p. 151-164
ISSN: 1468-2435
AbstractHow do states present themselves as inclusive towards migrants and their citizens? This article traces the discourse‐to‐audience framework through an analysis of the Scottish government's rhetoric on Scottish distinctiveness and its effect on how young migrants see Scotland. In order, we examine how the discourse of Scottish distinctiveness is constructed and conveyed through a close examination of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's public speeches. Through the examples given, we see how an image of Scotland as open, inclusive and outward‐looking is invoked. We then examine how the discourse fosters its audiences through narrative interviews conducted with young adult migrants living in Scotland. We operationalize Foucault's theory of governmentality to this extent and argue that the macro narrative of distinctiveness directs the 'conduct of conduct' of young migrants in Scottish society.
In: Nicolson , M & Korkut , U 2021 , ' The making and the portrayal of Scottish distinctiveness: how does the narrative create its audience? ' , International Migration . https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12944
How do states present themselves as inclusive towards migrants and their citizens? This article traces the discourse-to-audience framework through an analysis of the Scottish government's rhetoric on Scottish distinctiveness and its effect on how young migrants see Scotland. In order, we examine how the discourse of Scottish distinctiveness is constructed and conveyed through a close examination of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's public speeches. Through the examples given we see how an image of Scotland as open, inclusive and outward-looking is invoked. We then examine how the discourse fosters its audiences through narrative interviews conducted with young adult migrants living in Scotland. We operationalise Foucault's theory of governmentality to this extent and argue that the macro narrative of distinctiveness directs the 'conduct of conduct' of young migrants in Scottish society.
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In: Contemporary politics, Volume 26, Issue 5, p. 493-511
ISSN: 1469-3631