I am a specialist on East and Central Europe generally, but specifically in studies of nationalism, post-communist democratisation, ethnic politics and ethnic conflict and issues associated identity construction.
The implications from its findings are relevant for contemporary politics everywhere precisely be... more The implications from its findings are relevant for contemporary politics everywhere precisely because it appears that the global belief in democracy has so far failed to diminish the relevance of nationalism. The book provides a brand new theory of nationalism in transition and ...
Summary This article, based on studies of nationalism, discusses identity formation in the Europe... more Summary This article, based on studies of nationalism, discusses identity formation in the European Union and compares it to the nation-state. The starting point is that for all its economic benefits and political innovation, the EU is failing to provide people with the ...
Abstract: This essay offers a reflection on and a summary of the authoress's book on nationa... more Abstract: This essay offers a reflection on and a summary of the authoress's book on nationalism. The book is a critical assessment of well-established theories, or rather approaches to nationalism and argues that these are inadequate in addressing nationalism in ...
Research for this paper is a part of a larger research project into Europeanisation of Slovakia, ... more Research for this paper is a part of a larger research project into Europeanisation of Slovakia, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (Award: TO 26271128). The author would like to thank the ESRC, the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the ...
This article, based on studies of nationalism, discusses identity formation in the European Union... more This article, based on studies of nationalism, discusses identity formation in the European Union and compares it to the nation-state. The starting point is that for all its economic benefits and political innovation, the EU is failing to provide people with the sense of belonging and extract political loyalty. By ex-ploring what function identity serves – for the nation-state in the past and for the EU in the present – it is argued that while there are limits to the EU’s ability to project a meaningful European identity, there are also limits to the nation--state’s ability to meet the political challenges of contemporary societies. One way, and possibly the only way out of this ‘battle for identity ’ is to acknow-ledge the real impact of the EU on the nation-state and open an honest debate by both European and national elites about which challenges of our time can be met by the EU and which are better kept at the national level. A better under-standing of how people’s national aspi...
Karen Henderson's Slovakia: the Escapefrom Invisibility (London, 2002). Erika Harris's ... more Karen Henderson's Slovakia: the Escapefrom Invisibility (London, 2002). Erika Harris's Nationalism and Democratisation: Politics of Slovakia and Slovenia is not an attempt to provide a detailed overview of political developments in either of the two countries. Rather, the politics of ...
9 Slovakia since 1989 ERIKA HARRIS Introduction: from nationhood to statehood The story of post-c... more 9 Slovakia since 1989 ERIKA HARRIS Introduction: from nationhood to statehood The story of post-communist Slovakia tends to be a story of political turmoil, ethnic mobilization, and a cautiously declared success. Slovakia has been a difficult case of post-communist transition, always ...
Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 2003
The article's main theme is national identity and its questionable role in establishing iden... more The article's main theme is national identity and its questionable role in establishing identity of a European political community. It is argued that political integration within the European Union requires a normative and conceptual re-examination of the concept of national identity. ' ...
... The 'triadic nexus' is in need of the supplementation by a fourth party - t... more ... The 'triadic nexus' is in need of the supplementation by a fourth party - the EU ... of the above survey tell us about the latest stage of postcommunist transition - 'transnationalism ... border region and where their affiliations lie I contend that 'Europeanisation' means different things to ...
Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 2003
... Galbreath treads a similar ground by exploring the nationalising policies of Estonia and Latv... more ... Galbreath treads a similar ground by exploring the nationalising policies of Estonia and Latvia in the wake of their restoration of independence from the Soviet Union. ... European Integration and National Political Systems(London: Frank Cass & Co., 2001). ...
Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 2003
The article's main theme is national identity and its questionable role in establishing iden... more The article's main theme is national identity and its questionable role in establishing identity of a European political community. It is argued that political integration within the European Union requires a normative and conceptual re-examination of the concept of national identity. ' ...
Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 2003
The conclusion is organised in three parts: First, conclusions relating to the case studies. Seco... more The conclusion is organised in three parts: First, conclusions relating to the case studies. Second, conclusions relating to theoretical and conceptual implications of the study. Third, conclusions relating to'Europeanisation'and its role in establishing a new form of polity for ...
The implications from its findings are relevant for contemporary politics everywhere precisely be... more The implications from its findings are relevant for contemporary politics everywhere precisely because it appears that the global belief in democracy has so far failed to diminish the relevance of nationalism. The book provides a brand new theory of nationalism in transition and ...
Summary This article, based on studies of nationalism, discusses identity formation in the Europe... more Summary This article, based on studies of nationalism, discusses identity formation in the European Union and compares it to the nation-state. The starting point is that for all its economic benefits and political innovation, the EU is failing to provide people with the ...
Abstract: This essay offers a reflection on and a summary of the authoress's book on nationa... more Abstract: This essay offers a reflection on and a summary of the authoress's book on nationalism. The book is a critical assessment of well-established theories, or rather approaches to nationalism and argues that these are inadequate in addressing nationalism in ...
Research for this paper is a part of a larger research project into Europeanisation of Slovakia, ... more Research for this paper is a part of a larger research project into Europeanisation of Slovakia, funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (Award: TO 26271128). The author would like to thank the ESRC, the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the ...
This article, based on studies of nationalism, discusses identity formation in the European Union... more This article, based on studies of nationalism, discusses identity formation in the European Union and compares it to the nation-state. The starting point is that for all its economic benefits and political innovation, the EU is failing to provide people with the sense of belonging and extract political loyalty. By ex-ploring what function identity serves – for the nation-state in the past and for the EU in the present – it is argued that while there are limits to the EU’s ability to project a meaningful European identity, there are also limits to the nation--state’s ability to meet the political challenges of contemporary societies. One way, and possibly the only way out of this ‘battle for identity ’ is to acknow-ledge the real impact of the EU on the nation-state and open an honest debate by both European and national elites about which challenges of our time can be met by the EU and which are better kept at the national level. A better under-standing of how people’s national aspi...
Karen Henderson's Slovakia: the Escapefrom Invisibility (London, 2002). Erika Harris's ... more Karen Henderson's Slovakia: the Escapefrom Invisibility (London, 2002). Erika Harris's Nationalism and Democratisation: Politics of Slovakia and Slovenia is not an attempt to provide a detailed overview of political developments in either of the two countries. Rather, the politics of ...
9 Slovakia since 1989 ERIKA HARRIS Introduction: from nationhood to statehood The story of post-c... more 9 Slovakia since 1989 ERIKA HARRIS Introduction: from nationhood to statehood The story of post-communist Slovakia tends to be a story of political turmoil, ethnic mobilization, and a cautiously declared success. Slovakia has been a difficult case of post-communist transition, always ...
Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 2003
The article's main theme is national identity and its questionable role in establishing iden... more The article's main theme is national identity and its questionable role in establishing identity of a European political community. It is argued that political integration within the European Union requires a normative and conceptual re-examination of the concept of national identity. ' ...
... The 'triadic nexus' is in need of the supplementation by a fourth party - t... more ... The 'triadic nexus' is in need of the supplementation by a fourth party - the EU ... of the above survey tell us about the latest stage of postcommunist transition - 'transnationalism ... border region and where their affiliations lie I contend that 'Europeanisation' means different things to ...
Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 2003
... Galbreath treads a similar ground by exploring the nationalising policies of Estonia and Latv... more ... Galbreath treads a similar ground by exploring the nationalising policies of Estonia and Latvia in the wake of their restoration of independence from the Soviet Union. ... European Integration and National Political Systems(London: Frank Cass & Co., 2001). ...
Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 2003
The article's main theme is national identity and its questionable role in establishing iden... more The article's main theme is national identity and its questionable role in establishing identity of a European political community. It is argued that political integration within the European Union requires a normative and conceptual re-examination of the concept of national identity. ' ...
Perspectives on European Politics and Society, 2003
The conclusion is organised in three parts: First, conclusions relating to the case studies. Seco... more The conclusion is organised in three parts: First, conclusions relating to the case studies. Second, conclusions relating to theoretical and conceptual implications of the study. Third, conclusions relating to'Europeanisation'and its role in establishing a new form of polity for ...
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