| No 37
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Vatra Romaneasca and Resurgent Nationalism in Romania |
| Institution |
Department of Peace Studies; University of Bradford: West Yorkshire BD7 1DP England |
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Publication (Journal) |
Ethnic and Racial Studies 15 no. 4 (October 1992): 570-98 |
| Published in |
U.K., 1992 |
| Language |
English |
| Abstract |
The rapid ascent of the Vatra Romaneasca movement in Romania occurred in the context of a shattered national economy and attendant political turbulence that has left a badly desocialized citizenry ripe for populist mobilization. Its success in articulating a campaign against policies of cultural pluralism and minority rights has extended the influence of office holders appointed under communism in minority and mixed areas. Its rhetoric and symbols have been borrowed by the Iliescu regime, since it lacks a grass-roots presence or a coherent ideology of its own. The political inexperience of this movement has not prevented it from creating an image of the nation and a set of values designed to enable a disoriented population to come to terms with bewildering changes. Whichever electoral prospects it may have, its rise is the clearest indication that an implacable nationalism is well-placed to fill the political vacuum left by communism's collapse. |
| Availability |
Szabo Ervin Library, Budapest |
| Discipline(s) |
political sociology
, political science
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