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Cultural Autonomy in Contemporary Europe.

By: Smith, David JContributor(s): Cordell, KarlMaterial type: TextTextSeries: eBooks on DemandAssociation for the Study of Nationalities: Publisher: : Taylor and Francis, 2013Description: 1 online resource (147 p.)ISBN: 9781317968511Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cultural Autonomy in Contemporary EuropeDDC classification: 305.8009 LOC classification: D1056 | .S658 2013Online resources: Click here to view this ebook.
Contents:
Cover ; Cultural Autonomy in Contemporary Europe; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction: The Theory and Practice of Cultural Autonomy in Central and Eastern Europe; 2. National-Cultural Autonomy as an Alternative to Minority Territorial Nationalism; 3. Between Balkanization and Banalization: Dilemmas of Ethno-cultural Diversity; 4. National Cultural Autonomy and International Minority Rights Norms; 5. Transnational Romani and Indigenous Non-territorial Self-determination Claims
6. The Tatars of the Russian Federation and National-Cultural Autonomy: A Contradiction in Terms?7. The Use of Cultural Autonomy to Prevent Conflict and Meet the Copenhagen Criteria: The Case of Romania; 8. The Development and Functioning of Cultural Autonomy in Hungary; Index
Summary: <P>In this volume, some of the world's leading scholars involved in researching the fields of ethnopolitics, nationalism and ideas of nation and state, have come together to produce a work that is both original and accessible. The volume explores the rich, but sadly neglected tradition of thought on non-territorial cultural autonomy as exemplified by the work of Karl Renner and Otto Bauer and the European Nationalities Congress of the 1920s. Through a combination of theoretical analysis and case study approaches, the authors challenge conventional thinking on how best to reconcile competing cl
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Cover ; Cultural Autonomy in Contemporary Europe; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction: The Theory and Practice of Cultural Autonomy in Central and Eastern Europe; 2. National-Cultural Autonomy as an Alternative to Minority Territorial Nationalism; 3. Between Balkanization and Banalization: Dilemmas of Ethno-cultural Diversity; 4. National Cultural Autonomy and International Minority Rights Norms; 5. Transnational Romani and Indigenous Non-territorial Self-determination Claims

6. The Tatars of the Russian Federation and National-Cultural Autonomy: A Contradiction in Terms?7. The Use of Cultural Autonomy to Prevent Conflict and Meet the Copenhagen Criteria: The Case of Romania; 8. The Development and Functioning of Cultural Autonomy in Hungary; Index

<P>In this volume, some of the world's leading scholars involved in researching the fields of ethnopolitics, nationalism and ideas of nation and state, have come together to produce a work that is both original and accessible. The volume explores the rich, but sadly neglected tradition of thought on non-territorial cultural autonomy as exemplified by the work of Karl Renner and Otto Bauer and the European Nationalities Congress of the 1920s. Through a combination of theoretical analysis and case study approaches, the authors challenge conventional thinking on how best to reconcile competing cl

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David J Smith is Reader in Baltic Studies at the University of Glasgow, UK. He is the Editor of Journal of Baltic Studies, and has published extensively in the area of nationhood, nationalism and ethnopolitics in the Baltic Region and Central and Eastern Europe.

Karl Cordell is Reader in Politics at the University of Plymouth, UK. He is the co-editor of Ethnopolitics, and has published extensively in the fields of German politics, German-Polish relations, and German minorities in Europe.

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