National Reconciliation in Eastern Europe

by Henry Carey (Editor)

Overview

This book analyzes the sources of ethnic and class conflict in post-Communist Eastern Europe. It presents thirteen articles by leading scholars offering different approaches to mediating, facilitating, and resolving these tensions, based on case studies in Hungary, Bulgaria, the Baltic States, and Yugoslavia. Among the topics discussed are higher education, the role of women, nationalism, minorities, and religion. An introduction and conclusion by the editor set these issues in context. This book presents thirteen articles by leading scholars offering different approaches to mediating, facilitating, and resolving ethnic and class tensions, based on case studies in Hungary, Bulgaria, the Baltic States, and Yugoslavia. Among the topics discussed are higher education, the role of women, nationalism, minorities, and religion. This book analyzes the sources of ethnic and class conflict in post-Communist Eastern Europe. It presents thirteen articles by leading scholars offering different approaches to mediating, facilitating, and resolving these tensions, based on case studies in Hungary, Bulgaria, the Baltic States, and Yugoslavia. Among the topics discussed are higher education, the role of women, nationalism, minorities, and religion. An introduction and conclusion by the editor set these issues in context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780880335126
Publisher:	East European Monographs
Publication date:	06/12/2003
Series:	East European Monographs , #1114
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.64(w) x 8.76(h) x 1.13(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Henry F. Carey is an assistant professor of political science at Georgia State University. He lives in Decatur, GA

Table of Contents

	Foreword	v
Part I	Thematic and Comparative Insights
1.	Causes of Polarization and Obstacles to National Reconciliation	3
2.	What National Reconciliation is and What it is Not	27
3.	National Reconciliation and the Democratic Image	55
4.	Nation, Nationalism and Anti-Politics: Implications for National Reconciliation	65
5.	Reconciliation Through Higher Education?	81
6.	National Reconciliation and Women in Post-Communist States	107
7.	The Double Identity of National Minority	127
Part II	Country Case Studies
8.	Transition and Conflict in Romania: A Sociological Approach	145
9.	Romania: Manipulation of National Reconciliation in the Post-Ceausescu Era	179
10.	Animal Farm Scenarios: The Comeback of the Former Communists in Hungary	197
11.	National Reconciliation in Post-Communist Romania	207
12.	A Romanian Crisis: Attitudes that Prevent National Reconciliation	233
13.	Bosnia--Personal Reflections	261
14.	An "Otherness" That Scares: Homosexuality in Romania	271
15.	Russian Relations with Western Europe: Reconciliation or Deterioration?	285
16.	The Role of Citizenship and Trust in the Formation of Hungary	307
17.	The Politics of Ethnic Reconciliation in Bulgaria	319
18.	National Reconciliation in the Baltic States	343
19.	National Reconciliation and the Religious Component in Yugoslavia's Wars	355
20.	Destroying Yugoslavia: A Game for Any Number of Players	377