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Central and Eastern Europe has a long history of, on the one hand, ethnic conflicts and, on the other, of a revolutionary tradition against expansionism. Both have their roots in the geographical situation and ethnic composition of the region. All these problems have surfaced at times when the political status quo has been upset for some reason, such as after the two world wars and after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Both great powers bordering the Danube region-Germany and Russia-have strived to develop their own versions of confederations (Mitteleuropa and Pan-Slavic movements). Also, politicians and intellectuals of the countries affected have proposed various theories, and made initiatives for different forms of closer or looser confederative formations. This book examines the reasons for the failure of these initiatives, these reasons including such factors as ethnically-motivated political antagonism, and the lack of economic complementarity. Contributing valuable information on the problems of political and economic integration, which should not be forgotten in a period when the countries of the region are looking towards the European Union, expecting-realistically or not-the solution of their various conflicts.

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Author:   Ignác Romsics ,  Béla K. Király
Publisher:   Central European University Press
Imprint:   Central European University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.950kg
ISBN:  

9789639116290

ISBN 10:   9639116297
Pages:   428
Publication Date:   10 January 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Contributors Preface to the Series ""Atlantic Studies on Society in Change"" Bela K. Kiraly Plans and Projects for Integration in East Central Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries: Toward a Typology Ignac Romsics THE BEGINNINGS Miklos Wesselenyi on the Future of the Habsburg Empire and Hungary Agnes Deak The Hungarian Nationalities Act of 1849 Andras Gergely CROSSROAD BETWEEN REVOLUTION AND THE COMPROMISE (1849-1867) Lajos Kossuth's Role in the Conceptualization of a Danubian Federation Gyorgy Szabad Dialogue among Hungarian and Romanian Exiles, 1850-51 Ambrus Miskolczy ERA OF DUALISM (1867-1918) Jozsef Eotvos and Ferenc Deak: Laws on Nationalities Laszlo Katus Lajos Mocsary's Political Theory of National Minorities Istvan Csucsuja The Hungarian-Croat Compromise of 1868 Imre Ress ERA OF UPHEAVALS (1918-98) Conceptual Changes on Central European Integration in Hungarian Political Thinking, 1920-1948 Gyorgy Gyarmati Oszkar Jaszi's Danube Federation Theories Gyorgy Litvan Transylvanism: Revision or Regionalism? Piroska Balogh Istvan Bibo on the Conditions of Danubian Reconciliation Tibor Zs. Lukacs National Independence, Neutrality, and Cooperation in the Danube Region: Imre Nagy's Foreign Policy Ideas Janos M. Rainer ""Why Did the Danubian Federation Plans Fail?"" Peter Hanak PRESENT AND THE FUTURE The Protection of National and Ethnic Minorities' Rights in Hungary(l989-1997) Judit Boda Palok Bilateral Treaties between Hungary and its Neighbors after 1989 Gaspar Biro Biographies of Key Personalities Basic Bibliography Maps Austro-Hungarian Monarchy ""Trianon"" Hungary Hungary in 1941 Name Index Geographical Index"

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Ingác Romsics is Professor of Modern Hungarian History at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. Béla K. Király taught Military History at Brooklyn College, and became chairman of the history department.

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