Title Secessionist movements and ethnic conflict : debate-framing and rhetoric in independence campaigns / Beáta Huszka

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 224 pages) : maps Series Routledge studies in nationalism and ethnicity Routledge studies in nationalism and ethnicity. Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Introduction -- how do national loyalties divide?; Context; Possible explanations; Three mobilizational frames; The argument; Research design and case selection; 2 Mobilization for independence in Slovenia; Introduction; Antecedent discourses in Slovenia; 'The trial of the four'; Framing the Kosovo conflict; Framing the constitutional amendments in Slovenia; The 'economic war'; The election campaign in 1990; The referendum campaign; Conclusions 3 Mobilization for independence in CroatiaIntroduction; The political climate and discourse in Croatia before 1990; The 1990 elections; HDZ rule and the referendum on independence; Conclusions; 4 Discursive construction of the Montenegrin independence movement; Introduction; The beginning of the independence movement; First frame shift: the government adopts a pro-democracy position; Second frame shift: from the goal of democracy to the goal of independence; Third frame shift: after the fall of Milošević; Fourth frame shift: the EU intervenes Fifth frame shift: the Belgrade Agreement takes independence off the agendaSixth frame shift: referendum, May 2006; Conclusions; 5 Self- determination movements outside Eastern Europe: Spain and Indonesia; East Timor; Aceh; Catalans; Basques; Conclusions; 6 Conclusions -- different trajectories of nationalist mobilization; Appendix: Maps; Bibliography; Index Summary "This book analyses how national independence movements' rhetoric can inflame or dampen ethnic violence. It examines the extent to the power of words matters when a region tries to break away to become a nation state. Using discourse analysis, this book examines how the process of secession affects internal ethnic relations and analyses how politicians interpret events and present arguments with the intention to mobilize their constituencies for independence. With in-depth case studies on the Slovenian, the Croatian and the Montenegrin independence movements, and by looking at cases from Indonesia and Spain, the author investigates how rhetoric affect internal ethnic relations during secession and how events and debate shape each other. The author demonstrates how in some cases of self-determination elites push for a higher level of sovereignty in the name of economic advancement, whereas in other cases, self-determination movements refer to ethnic identity and human rights issues. Explaining how and why certain discourses dominate some independence movements and not others, Secessionist Movements and Ethnic Conflict will be of interest to students and scholars of politics, history, nationalism, ethnic conflict and discourse analysis"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Autonomy -- Case studies Self-determination, National -- Case studies Ethnic conflict -- Case studies Rhetoric -- Political aspects -- Case studies Rhetoric -- Social aspects -- Case studies POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference. Autonomy Autonomy and independence movements Ethnic conflict Rhetoric -- Political aspects Rhetoric -- Social aspects Self-determination, National SUBJECT Slovenia -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements Croatia -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements Montenegro -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements Spain -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements Indonesia -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements Subject Croatia Indonesia Montenegro Slovenia Spain Genre/Form Electronic books Case studies History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781134687848 1134687842 9781315882895 1315882892 9781306050807 1306050804

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