CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Hodúlová, Martina |
|---|---|
| Title | Ethno-politics in Slovakia: explanation for the persistent success of the ethnic card in voter mobilization |
| Summary | The presented paper attempts to identify the main factors which allow for the utilization of the ethno-politics, namely the Hungarian card, by the contemporary Slovak political elites for the purposes of political mobilization. Performing the socio-historical analysis on the formation of the modern Slovak national identity, the author argues that it has been initially defined by the elites in exclusive terms of ethnicity. This subsequently determines its present understanding, and permits the governmental elites to oscillate between civic and ethnic conception of nationalism. The paper classifies the Slovak governments according to the type of nationalism pursued, and further claims that the Fico government(2006-2010) tried to shift the public opinion towards the ethnic collective nationalism. It demonstrates how the Fico government tried to gain popular support and mobilize the Slovak voters by the constant attempts to re-interpret the national history and myths. The main hypothesis claims that what enabled them to do so, was the exploitation and invigoration of the ethnic core of the national identity. |
| Supervisor | Pelinka Anton |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/hodulova_martina.pdf |
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