Geopolitics in the Danube Region: Hungarian Reconciliation Efforts, 1848-1998: 97 (Atlantic Studies on Society in Change) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9639116297 ISBN 13: 9789639116290

Publisher: Central European University Press, 1998

Synopsis

Central and Eastern Europe has a long history of, on the one hand, ethnic conflicts and, on the other, of a revolutionary tradition against expansionism. Both have their roots in the geographical situation and ethnic composition of the region. All these problems have surfaced at times when the political status quo has been upset for some reason, such as after the two world wars and after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Both great powers bordering the Danube region-Germany and Russia-have strived to develop their own versions of confederations (Mitteleuropa and Pan-Slavic movements). Also, politicians and intellectuals of the countries affected have proposed various theories, and made initiatives for different forms of closer or looser confederative formations.

This book examines the reasons for the failure of these initiatives, these reasons including such factors as ethnically-motivated political antagonism, and the lack of economic complementarity. Contributing valuable information on the problems of political and economic integration, which should not be forgotten in a period when the countries of the region are looking towards the European Union, expecting-realistically or not-the solution of their various conflicts.

About this title

About the Author

Ingác Romsics is Professor of Modern Hungarian History at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.

Béla K. Király taught Military History at Brooklyn College, and became chairman of the history department.

From the Back Cover

"Central and Eastern Europe has a long history of, on the one hand, ethnic conflicts and, on the other, of a revolutionary tradition against expansionism. Both have their roots in the geographical situation and ethnic composition of the region. All these problems have surfaced at times when the political status quo has been upset for some reason, such as after the two world wars and after the collapse of the Soviet Union."--BOOK JACKET. "Both great powers bordering the Danube region - Germany and Russia - have striven to develop their own versions of confederations (Mitteleuropa and Pan-Slavic movements). Politicians and intellectuals of the countries affected have proposed various theories, and made initiatives for different forms of closer or looser confederative formations."--BOOK JACKET. "The reasons behind the failure of these initiatives are examined, including such factors as ethnically-motivated political antagonism, and the lack of economic complementarity."--BOOK JACKET.

Edition details

• Publisher: Central European University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9639116297
• ISBN 13: 9789639116290
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 426
• Editor: Romsics Ignác, Király Béla K.