CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2007
| Author | Filep, Bela |
|---|---|
| Title | COOPERATING REGIONALIST AND AUTONOMY MOVEMENTS IN EUROPE THE INCENTIVES AND EFFECTS OF TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS WHERE DO MOVEMENTS IN TRANSYLVANIA STAND? |
| Summary | The thesis analyses the cooperation of regionalist and autonomy movements in Europe by focusing on the incentives and effects of the transnational networks, which these movements have established. Specifically, I look at two movements in Transylvania, a Hungarian autonomist and a Romanian regionalist movement, in order to show that the type of cooperation particular movements choose depends on the size of the movement, the (ethnic) domestic support it enjoys and the external lobbying actors, which might increase the movement’s bargaining power at the supranational level and towards its own government. The result of the inquiry is that (ethnic) hegemonic parties with large domestic and external support choose to forge big alliances with mainstream political parties, while small parties with little domestic and external support prefer small alliances such as the European Free Alliance, which is a conglomeration of mainly small regionalist parties in Europe. |
| Supervisor | Jenne, Erin K. |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2007/filep_bela.pdf |
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