Nationalism and democratisation
Subtitle: politics of Slovakia and Slovenia
By: Erika Harris.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Nationalism -- Slovakia.; Nationalism -- Slovenia.; Democratization -- Slovakia.; Democratization -- Slovenia.; Slovakia -- Politics and government -- 1993-; Slovenia -- Politics and government -- 1990-
Description: "Exploring the relationship between nationalism and democracy generally and specifically in newly independent post-Communist democracies, this volume sheds new light on transition from Communism to democracy by magnifying one major element of the transition: nation and its identity. It offers up-to-date empirical material on Slovakia and Slovenia in the light of contemporary discussion about democracy, multiculturalism and European integration."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 The End of Communism and the Crisis of Identity 7; title: 2 How Compatible are Nationalism and Democracy? 45; title: 3 Political and National Identity in Czechoslovakia 73; title: 4 Reclaiming the Nation: Politics of Independent Slovakia 97; title: 5 National Communism in Yugoslavia: the case of Slovenia 131; title: 6 Independence and Democracy in Slovenia 153; title: 7 National Identities in Post-Cold War Europe 183; title: 8 Reconciling Postcommunism, Nationalism and Democracy 211.