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| Title: |
Conflicts between east European states and minorities in an age of democracy |
| Author: |
Gallagher, Tom |
| Appeared in: |
Democratization |
| Paging: | Volume 5 (1998) nr. 3 pages 200-223 |
| Year: |
1998 |
| Contents: |
Conflict between dominant and subordinate ethnic groups in eastern Europe has greatly complicated efforts to build stable and just democratic systems in the region. Leaders of new states as well as rulers whose authority extends from the communist era have attempted to create political systems where competition is clearly along ethnic lines. Polarisation and violence have resulted from the manipulation of ethnic feeling, but there are also a range of factors which have encouraged majority and minority representatives to show mutual restraint at crucial moments. The internationalisation of East European nationality disputes and the gradual acceptance by a number of states of group rights to stand alongside individual ones, have cooled down a number of disputes and possibly forestalled new ones. But the national question will be a troubling one for many still-fragile democracies unless strong external incentives are offered which encourage states to conciliate internal minorities and estranged neighbours. |
| Publisher: |
Routledge |
| Source file: |
Elektronische Wetenschappelijke Tijdschriften |
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