CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Balogh, Lídia Hermina |
|---|---|
| Title | Interethnic Conflict and Violence in Contemporary Hungary: Context and Morphology of Violent Incidents Between Roma and Non-Roma |
| Summary | The focus of this thesis is a newly emerged, yet crucial social phenomenon.I am intrigued not only to take a closer look at it, but to examine it from different aspects – that is, the increasing tension, threatening with or accompanied by violence, between mainstream Hungarian society and the Roma minority, the latter facing various disadvantages that appear to be rather prone to different attempts aimed at eliminating them. The research question of the thesis is related to a supposedly important factor of the current interethnic situation in Hungary, namely to the paramilitary, proto-fascist formation, the Hungarian Guard – established in 2007 –, as my interest lies in the consequences of power demonstrating forces’ direct occurence, affecting local interethnic tensions and conflict situations. My thesis statement is that even the passive involvement of an external, possibly violent force may modify the power balance in a dangerous way – or at least, result in a hard-to-heal damage –, in terms of the opportunities of the community to easte the tension, to handle the conflict(s), to prevent further violent incidents, and to find a peaceful compromise, aimed at sustainable interethnic cohabitation. |
| Supervisor | Stewart, Michael Sinclair; Pap, András László |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/balogh_lidia.pdf |
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