Ethnopolitics in the New Europe / / Marijke Breuning, John T. Ishiyama.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Ishiyama, John T.,; Breuning, Marijke,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1998
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (206 p.)

What makes some multiethnic states integrate and others descend into civil war? Ishiyama and Breuning extend traditional explanations centered on socioeconomic, cultural, and historical factors to argue that the actions of leaders of ethnic segments—too often ignored—are also critical determinants of policy outcomes. Applying a framework derived from comparative politics and IR theory, the authors explore two sets of empirical cases: the emergence of new nationalisms in old European democracies (the United Kingdom and Belgium) and the reemergence of old nationalisms in several new democracies (Bulgaria, Slovakia, Estonia, and Latvia). Their work sheds crucially important light on an issue that is one of the most prominent in world politics today.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- 1 Ethnopolitics and Ethnic Parties -- 2 The Movement for Rights and Freedoms in Bulgaria -- 3 The Hungarian Parties in Slovakia -- 4 The Russophone Parties in Estonia and Latvia -- 5 The Volksunie and the Vlaams Blok in Belgium -- 6 The Scottish National Party and Plaid Cymru in Great Britain -- 7 Conclusion -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book