| No 79
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The Limits of Ethno-National Analysis |
| Institution |
University of California at San Diego: La Jolla,CA 92093 |
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Publication (Journal) |
International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society 6 no. 1 (fall 1992): 133-38 |
| Published in |
USA, 1992 |
| Language |
English |
| Abstract |
While current U.S. academic analyses of the origins of conflict in Yugoslavia and other multiethnic postcommunist states point to ethnohistorical factors, it is suggested that this view is informed by two cliches: (1) the primordial approach centers on the cultural ethos of an ethnic group necessarily linked to a specific politico-economic model; and (2) the liberal-functionalist-Marxian approach idealizes the independent nation-state that embodies institutionalized unequal opportunities for ethnic minorities. Insistence on either approach leads to the delegitimization of peace and civil/human rights movements. An alternative analysis proposes to distinguish communist authoritarianism from newly emerging forms of nationalist authoritarianism, and to identify the strategies of ethnic mobilization and homogenization. |
| Availability |
Library of Central European University, Budapest |
| Discipline(s) |
political theory
, political sociology
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