Nationalism and Democratisation: Politics of Slovakia and Slovenia - Politics of Slovakia and Slovenia

"This title was first published in 2002: The year 1989 marks a turning point in world history. The rigid division of Europe into East and West and the bipolarity of the Cold War system disintegrated, with communism as a political system dismantled by 1991. In the wake of the communist multinational federations came successor states, with each accompanied by many ethnic and national conflicts. This book is concerned with the relationship between nationalism and democracy in a particular setting - the larger framework is postcommunist Eastern and Central Europe, the focus is on newly dependent democracies, explored through the case studies of Slovakia and Slovenia. The purpose is to seek an answer to two related questions: what is the role of nationalism in the democratic process?; and under what conditions is nationalism less or more compatible with the democratisation process?"--Provided by publisher Slovakia in Transition to Independence -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 Reclaiming the Nation: Politics of Independent Slovakia -- What Kind of Democracy? -- Political Party System and Slovak Democracy -- Political and Ethnic Cleavages in Party Formation: 1993-1998 -- The 'state-forming' nation and minorities in Slovakia -- Politics of Language -- Seeking a Consensus: The 1998 Elections and New Prospects forDemocracy -- Coalition of Coalitions -- Political Structure Post-1998 -- A New Stage in Slovak Transition to Democracy? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 National Communism in Yugoslavia: the case of Slovenia -- Diversity Within Unity: the Yugoslav System -- Yugoslav Communism -- Socialist Self-Management -- Failed Federalism -- Nationalities -- Federalism -- Political Disintegration of Yugoslavia -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 6 Independence and Democracy in Slovenia -- Defending Democracy and the Nation: 1987-1991 -- Democratisation as National Project -- Politics of Transition: Analysis of the Slovene Case -- The Role of Political Culture in Democratisation -- Historical Legacy -- Election Results and Coalitions Formation -- Legitimacy of the transition -- Does Nationalism Exclude the Possibility of Democracy? -- Ethnic policy of Slovenia -- Citizenship -- Ethnic Minorities -- Conclusion -- 7 National Identities in Post-Cold War Europe -- New World Order -- The New Agenda -- Universal Principles and Idiosyncratic Conflicts -- Globalisation -- Further perspectives on the 'global' -- Fragmentation of cultures -- Reconciling Sovereignty and Transnationality -- International Recognition -- National Identity and Foreign Policy-Making -- Europeanisation of Slovakia and Slovenia -- Slovakia and Slovenia - Differences -- Foreign Policy Failure: Slovakia -- Slovakia in Post-Cold War Central Europe -- Challenges and Key Elements of Foreign Policy: Slovakia and Slovenia Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Definitions -- Structure of the book -- Notes -- 1 The End of Communism and the Crisis of Identity -- Revolutions of 1989 -- The End of Communism and Democracy -- Postcommunist Transitions and Nationalism -- Ethnic Politics - the Main Argument -- Historical Legacy and the Transitional Project: Salience ofNationalism in Postcommunist Societies -- From 'Ancient Hatred' to Contemporary Nationalism -- Communist Nationality Policies -- Nationalism as a 'Replacement' Ideology After Communism -- Elite Competition and the Intensification of Ethnic Politics -- The New State, the Minority and the 'External' Homeland. -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 2 How Compatible are Nationalism and Democracy? -- Nationalism and Democracy: Theoretical Concepts -- Democracy: Attainment and Progress -- Democracy and National Self-determination -- Nationalism: Defining the Nation, the State, Ethnic Group and Minority -- Civic or Ethnic Nationalism? Modern or Ancient Nation? -- Nationalism and Democracy: Ambiguous Relationship -- National Identity and Self-determination -- The Contradictory Logic of Nation-building and State-building -- National Identity and Democracy -- Theoretical Framework for the Case Studies -- Slovakia and Slovenia Compared -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 3 Political and National Identity in Czechoslovakia -- Common State in Search of Common Identity: Czechoslovakia 1918-1989 -- Czech and Slovak Relations in an Historical Perspective -- The First Czechoslovak Republic and the Interwar Period -- From the Second World War to Communist Czechoslovakia -- From 1968 to the End of Communism -- Negotiating the Break-up: the Czech and Slovak Elite 1989-1993 -- The Federal Question Post-1989 Conclusion -- Notes -- 8 Reconciling Postcommunism, Nationalism and Democracy -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index