Between state and nation
Subtitle: diaspora politics and kin-state nationalism in Hungary
By: Myra A. Waterbury
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780230107038
Subjects: Politics and government; Nationalism; Case studies; Hungarians; Transnationalism
Description: Based on a qualitative study of Hungary and its changing relationship to the 3 million ethnic Hungarians in neighbouring states, this book argues that it is not the ties of ethnicity, but the political interests of kin-state elites that drives states in Eastern Europe to take action on behalf of ethnic kin in neighboring states.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-213) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : why and how kin-states engage populations abroad; title: Kin-state nationalism and governing legitimacy; title: Kin-state nationalism, diaspora politics, and political competition; title: Kin-state engagement and European integration; title: The politics of diaspora policy reform : from dual citizenship to economic development; title: Kin-state nationalism and diaspora politics in Eastern Europe