Nation-state, nationalism, and the prospects for democratization in East Central Europe

Szabô, Mâté

doi:10.1016/0967-067x(94)90003-5

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“…the Slovak and Romanian cases) and/or closely monitor the situation of the ethnic kin in neighbouring states (e.g. Hungary vis-àvis the ethnic Hungarian minorities in Romania, Slovakia and Serbia), (Auer, 2000;Szabo, 1994). This saw the gradual emergence of a quadratic nexus that consisted of: ethnic minorities; their external homelands (or kin states); the (frequently) nationalizing states where the minorities are based; and, later, the EU's soft power diplomacy as a fourth (both regulatory and normative) pillar (Brubaker, 1995;Bruszt & Stark, 2003;Budryte, 2005;Haughton, 2007;Pettai, 2006;Smith, 2002Smith, , 2003.…”

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Ethnopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe in a State of Flux

Petsinis

2019

Ethnopolitics

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“… 4 Logically similar approaches can be found in Horowitz and Marsh (2002), Powers and Cox (1997), and Szabo (1994). …”

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Structural Sources of Post-Communist Market Reform: Economic Structure, Political Culture, and War

Horowitz

2004

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Why did some post‐communist countries implement more thorough market reforms than others? Four different structural explanations are considered: (1) relative size of economic interest group coalitions hurt by market reform; (2) predominant religious traditions, which may incorporate norms and institutions more or less favorable to market reform; (3) variation in historically based national economic and political expectations, in which greater pre‐communist political and economic achievements may create collective rationales for more aggressive institutional and policy reforms; and (4) duration of large‐scale military conflict, which may distract and undermine reformist governments. These explanations are tested both directly, and mediated through plausible process predictors—democratization, party ideological moderation or extremism, strength of the presidency, and party system concentration. The 28 post‐communist countries are examined over shorter and longer time spans—2 years after the fall of the old regime and a decade or so after the fall. The two political culture variables—predominant religious tradition and national economic and political expectations—provide the most statistically significant and powerful predictors. War is also a significant and powerful predictor. Relative size of economic interest group coalitions is estimated to have little impact. Among the process variables, democratization and party ideological moderation have the most consistently significant and powerful impacts. One implication is that middle‐range theories of political culture, which can be more firmly grounded in rational calculation and historical context, may be a promising way to remedy the weaknesses of political culture theories operating at the broader level of religion or civilization.

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“…On quite the contrary, a notable percentage of regional experts on early post-Communist Eastern Europe carried out comparative research on elite-level/institutional politics and on a rich variety of secondary subjects. The empirical subjects of major concern were comparative studies between cases of negotiated and contested transitions (Friedheim 1993); the evolution of multiparty systems in different post-Communist polities (Agh 1995, Cirtautas 1995; and the interplay between democratic institutions and the politicization of nationalism (Pusić 1994, Szabo 1994. Especially towards the end of the 1990s, a number of regional experts proceeded in an evaluation of the first decade after Communism.…”

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Twenty years after 1989: moving on from transitology

Petsinis

2010

Contemporary Politics

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Nation-state, nationalism, and the prospects for democratization in East Central Europe

Cited by 12 publications

References 11 publications

Ethnopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe in a State of Flux

Ethnopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe in a State of Flux

Structural Sources of Post-Communist Market Reform: Economic Structure, Political Culture, and War

Twenty years after 1989: moving on from transitology

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