CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2007
| Author | Andersen, Christoffer Marius |
|---|---|
| Title | Nationalism and Modernization in Post-Socialist Romania |
| Summary | In the wake of the communist break-down there was a strengthening of nationalism across East-Central Europe. Through a socio-historical analysis of Romania’s experience of modernization and economic development viewed in the aspect of the transition period is the emergence of the appeal of extreme nationalists illuminated. The arguments presented here are that marginal nationalist movements and main-stream nationalist sentiment increased in post-socialist Romania as a response to the insecurity and the socio-economic decline. Although the presumption between modernization and nationalism is at the core of the debate here, the focus lies at why economic decline might create the breeding ground for extreme nationalism, and how economic progress might undermine marginal groupings and ethno-political language. To understand the nationalist awakening in the 1990s it is important to illuminate these factors, without ignoring the social and political implications to nationalism. |
| Supervisor | Iordachi, Constantin |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2007/andersen_christoffer.pdf |
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