Title Ethnic bargaining : the paradox of minority empowerment / Erin K. Jenne

Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 273 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents The origins of ethnic bargaining -- The theory of ethnic bargaining -- A full cycle of ethnic bargaining : Sudeten Germans in interwar Czechoslovakia -- Triadic ethnic bargaining : Hungarian minorities in postcommunist Slovakia and Romania -- Dyadic ethnic bargaining : Slovak versus Moravian nationalism in postcommunist Czechoslovakia -- Ethnic bargaining in the Balkans : secessionist Kosovo versus integrationist Vojvodina Summary "Ethnic Bargaining introduces a theory of minority politics that blends comparative analysis and field research in the postcommunist countries of East Central Europe with insights from rational choice. Erin K. Jenne finds that claims by ethnic minorities have become more frequent since 1945 even though nation-states have been on the whole more responsive to groups than in earlier periods. Minorities that perceive an increase in their bargaining power tend to radicalize their demands, she argues from affirmative action to regional autonomy to secession, in an effort to attract ever greater concessions from the central government." "Jenne uses a rationalist theory of bargaining to examine the dynamics of ethnic cleavage in the cases of the Sudeten Germans in interwar Czechoslovakia; Slovaks and Moravians in postcommunist Czechoslovakia; the Hungarians in Romania, Slovakia, and Vojvodina; and the Albanians in Kosovo. Throughout, she challenges the conventional wisdom that partisan intervention is an effective mechanism for protecting minorities and preventing or resolving internal conflict."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-263) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Ethnic conflict -- Europe, Eastern -- History -- 20th century Ethnic conflict -- Europe, Central -- History -- 20th century Minorities -- Political activity -- Europe, Eastern Minorities -- Political activity -- Europe, Central SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General. Ethnic conflict Ethnic relations Minorities -- Political activity Minderheitenfrage Etnische minderheden. Onderhandelingen. SUBJECT Europe, Eastern -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century Europe, Central -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century Subject Central Europe Eastern Europe Osteuropa Oost-Europa. Midden-Europa. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780801471803 080147180X 0801471796 9780801471797 1322523258 9781322523255

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