Talk of the Nation : Language and Conflict in Romania and Slovakia / Zsuzsa Csergo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Csergo, Zsuzsa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-communism--Social aspects--Slovakia.

Post-communism.

Post-communism--Social aspects--Romania.

Anthropological linguistics--Slovakia.

Anthropological linguistics.

Anthropological linguistics--Romania.

Linguistic minorities--Slovakia.

Linguistic minorities.

Linguistic minorities--Romania.

Slovakia--Languages--Political aspects.

Slovakia.

Romania--Languages--Political aspects.

Romania.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 228 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

How can democratization, coupled with transnational integration, resolve conflicts over cultural difference in places that are marked by legacies of nationalist competition? This book explores that question through a comparative study of contestations over language use in the heart of the post-Communist region. Zsuzsa Csergo notes that newly independent governments looked to "rejoin" the West, in particular the European Union, while at the same time asserting control over the institutions they considered key to the reproduction of national cultures. These national projects resulted in renewed salience for minority language rights and a complicated politics triggering EU concerns about the treatment of regional/cultural minorities. Csergo's field research in Romania, Hungary, and Slovakia leads her to make a bold claim about the primacy of domestic politics in the construction of democratic solutions to the conundrum of nation building and minority rights.Talk of the Nation breaks new ground by focusing on both majority and minority political elites and parties in interethnic relations. Csergo challenges arguments about the overwhelming importance of international influence. Her book demonstrates that the role of domestic political actors in interethnic reconciliation is not merely that of "compliance" with international requirements or "effectiveness" in responding to external pressure-they are largely guided by the internal democratic process.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and Figure

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Linguistic Territoriality

Chapter 2. Language, Sovereignty, and Cultural Reproduction

Chapter 3. Sovereignty and International Integration

Chapter 4. Language and the Official Domain

Chapter 5. Contesting Cultural Reproduction

Chapter 6. Language and Democratic Competition

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-221) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-3238-2

OCLC:

1080550065