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| Author |
Ieda, Osamu (ed.) |
|---|---|
| Title | Beyond Sovereignty : From Status Law to Transnational Citizenship? |
| Parallel title / Title of generic unit | |
| Subject | 1. Minorities-Legal status, laws, etc.-European Union countries-Congresses. 3. Conflict of laws-Citizenship-European Union countries |
| Publisher | Sapporo: Slavic Research Center (Hokkaido University) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Pages | xiii, 412 |
| Description | This volume examines post-Cold War nation building in a context of kin (ethnic) minority protection. The initial interest in the matter stems from the Hungarian Status Law (2001), which sought to provide benefits to members of the Hungarian nation in most neighbouring states and, in this way, strengthen ties among the Hungarian nation. While state support of kin minorities is not unique to Hungary, the law sparked considerable controversy both inside and outside Hungary, with international criticism largely focused on the presumed violation of the sovereignty of Hungary's neighbours. While the law was amended in 2003, the issue of the kin minority's 'status' is not dead, but is still active in Hungarian politics. For example, in December 2004 an unsuccessful referendum was held on dual citizenship for the kin minorities, and more recently there were reports that Hungary's socialist led government was preparing to amend the constitutional article related to Hungarians abroad. There is a growing need for the Venice Commission to establish clear international norms on the issues of kin minorities. Otherwise, the broader process of European integration as well as the further eastward enlargement of the European Union could be threatened by problems related to regional security. Thus the Hungarian Status Law and its international implications have raised strong scholarly and political interest on more general questions on cross-border relations between minorities and their kin-states and on the concept of transnational minority protection. These issues are examined in this volume. |
| Type | Book |
| Note | "This book is based on the papers presented at an international conference entitled 'The Status Law Syndrome: Post-Communist Nation Building or Post-Modern Citizenship? Held at the Institute of Legal Studies (HAS), budapest, Hungary, on 14-16 October 2004"--t.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. CONTENTS: Utilitarianism in Minority Protection? (Status Laws and International Organisations), by Balazs Majteny / Pulling Back from Neo-Medievalism: The Domestic and International Politics of the Hungarian Status Law, by Stephen Deets / The Concept of Nation in the Central and East European 'Status Laws', by Zoltan Kantor / Territory and the Hungarian Status Law: Time for New Assumptions?, by Sherrill Stroschein / Kin Minority, Kin-state and Neighbourhood Policy in the Enlarged Europe, by Judit Toth / The Evaluation of the 'Status Law' in the European Union, by Balazs Vizi / The Triadic Nexus: Lessons Learned from the Status Law, by Walter Kemp / Role for the Kin-states? By Gabor Kardos / Transnational Minority Protection in Central and Eastern Europe and European Community Law, by Helge Hornburg / From the Status Law to the Initiative for 'Dual Citizenship': Aspects of Domestic Hungarian and International Law, by Herbert Kuepper / Ideological Background of the Amendment Status Law Controversy in Hungary, by Osamu Ieda / Hungary and the EU: the Status Law and After, by George Schöpflin / The Innocence of Article Eighteen, Paragraph Two, Subsection E., by Nigel Swain / Minority Rights and Diaspora-claims: Collision, Interdependence and Loss of Orientation, by Andras Laszlo Pap / Models of Kin Minority Protection in Central and Eastern Europe, by Ivan Halasz / Virtual Nationalism in Comparative Context: How Unique is the Hungarian Approach?, by Zsuzsa Csego and James M. Goldgeier / Hungarian Status Law: A Model for Minority Kin Protection?, by Amitabh Singh / Dual Citizenship, Extraterritorial elections and National Policies: Turkish Dual Citizens in the Bulgarian-Turkish Political Sphere, by Nurcan Ozgur-Backlacioglu / The 'Triadic Nexus' in Kazakhstan: A Comparative Study of Russians, Uighurs, and Koreans, by Natsuko Oka / The status of an Ethnic Minority in Eurasia: The Mennonites and their Relations with the Netherlands, Germany and Russia, by Tjeerd de Graaf / Authors / Index |
| Language | English |
| Series | Slavic Eurasian Studies, 9 |
| Identifier | 4938637383 |
| Call No. |
341.4 '81947 |
| Location |
Library |
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