CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2010
| Author | Tipter, Edina Ildiko |
|---|---|
| Title | The Szekler Autonomy Initiatives |
| Summary | The aim of the present paper is to answer the question how the claims of the Szekler and implicitly the Hungarian elite for the territorial autonomy of Szeklerland fit the current Romanian state structure and arrangements, in other words, where does the Hungarian claims and the Romanian reactions meet? The conflict arose between the Romanian majority and a Hungarian minority group, the Szeklers, who claim back their right to territorial autonomy in order to preserve their national and cultural identity in a region where they constitute the majority of the inhabitants. On the other side, the Romanian state from fear of secession, tries to avoid the issue and would rather grant broader personal than collective rights. By analyzing the autonomy documents from 2000 and the regionalization and decentralization processes the country undergoes, in the conclusion I point out the common elements in the Hungarian claims and the Romanian regionalization /decentralizati on process in order to find out what is the common ground for both. |
| Supervisor | Zentai, Violetta |
| Department | Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2010/tipter_edina.pdf |
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