CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020
| Author | Vaski, András Gábor |
|---|---|
| Title | Analyzing National Minority Councils in Serbia from Inception to the Present: The Role of Domestic Actors, Neighbours, and the European Union |
| Summary | This work attempts to fit into the broader research category of both post-Yugoslavian ethnic minority politics, as well as the European Union accession literature. Focusing specifically on the national minority council system in Serbia, I analyze the factors that led to its creation, evolution, and current situation. The focus is on identifying the levels of influence of domestic actors, neighbouring countries, and the European Union, and whether these actors have a positive or negative effect on ethnic minority rights through their approach to the national minority councils. My original research consists of a series of interviews conducted with leading figures of the Hungarian community in Vojvodina, and the analysis of these interviews using various theoretical approaches. The results show that the national minority councils are largely the result of domestic actors in Serbia, with the Hungarian government becoming very involved in the past decade. Comparatively, the EU is, and has been throughout the history of the national minority council system, a rather distant actor, however, it has achieved moderate successes in the overall context of Serbian ethnopolitics. |
| Supervisor | Bogaards, Matthijs |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2020/vaski_andras.pdf |
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