CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Czuczova, Kristina |
|---|---|
| Title | Playing the Hungarian Card: Government restrictiveness, host-kin relations and minority behavior of Hungarians in Romania and Slovakia |
| Summary | The aim of this thesis is to examine the effects of politics, host-kin relations and language policies on the Hungarian minorities in Romania and Slovakia, respectively. The scope of my research concentrates on the behavior of minorities, which is analyzed by observing education, language use and activism of minorities. Despite the complexness and differences in the countries’ policies, the developments in Slovakia’s minority laws and the conditions for minorities are more restrictive than the one of Romania. My research indicates that regardless of the restrictiveness of Slovakia’s government, the minority is less active, mobilized and participatory than the Hungarian minority in Romania. The thesis opens with a brief introduction on the topic of language and government policies. The introduction also briefly outlines the methodology of the thesis and states the hypothesis. The first chapter provides an overview of the two Hungarian minorities in the past 20 years, as well as an outline of the current situation in both countries, taking the historical context, developments in the respective governments, relations with Hungary and the legislative situation (with a specific focus on language policies) of minorities into consideration. Consequently, I analyze the differences in the status of Hungarian minorities in Romania and Slovakia, and their effects on education, language use and minority activism. Finally, I come to a conclusion presenting my findings and making suggestions for further research. |
| Supervisor | Peter Balazs |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/czuczova_kristina.pdf |
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