Can Non-Territorial Autonomy Bring an Added Value to Theoretic and Policy-Oriented Analysis of Ethnic Politics?

Nootens, Geneviève

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“…Scholars disagree on the exact hierarchical relationship between the two concepts. For example, Wolff (2011) and Nootens (2015) argue that territorial self-government or devices of self-governance (respectively) are umbrella categories under which territorial autonomy falls. In contrast, Lapidoth (1997, 53–54) presents self-government as “one room” in the “house” of autonomy and Suksi (2014, 54–55) also differentiates territorial autonomy from regional self-government in terms of the powers given to the sub-state unit where regional self-governments have less power than territorial autonomies.…”

Section: Autonomy As a Concept: What Autonomy Is And Is Notmentioning

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Rethinking Autonomy: Traveling between Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

Divald

2022

Nationalities Papers

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To improve the validity of our comparative endeavors in ethno-politics, this piece re-examines the relationship between conceptual definitions, categories of classification used in large-N datasets, and thick description found through case studies. It does this through the lens of claims to autonomy by ethnic minorities, and in particular through a detailed comparative case study of what autonomy means as a programmatic goal for ethnic minority Hungarian elites in Romania and Slovakia. Three unexpected findings emerge which make the case for qualitative research to better inform the categories and variables used in large-N datasets (1) there is a weak relationship between the conceptual definitions of autonomy and the way it is coded in relevant datasets like the Minorities at Risk (MAR) dataset; (2) empirically, the Hungarian comparative case studies show that elites do not think of autonomy in the same way as the conceptual literature nor do their understandings of autonomy easily fit into the coding categories of datasets; (3) there is inconsistency across Hungarian minority elites in their own definitions of autonomy as well as the lack of distinctions between autonomy and other institutional arrangements. This raises issues of equivalence and ambiguity and I conclude with suggestions for better measurement.

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Section: Autonomy As a Concept: What Autonomy Is And Is Notmentioning

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2022

Nationalities Papers

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“…It will therefore come as no surprise that all of the definitional efforts and political or legal designations as minorities, nationalities, co-nations or sub-state nations remain language games in actual practice as long as the civic-ethnic dichotomy is not overcome. All the efforts to politically or constitutionally distinguish between (ethnic) groups, (national) minorities, (indigenous) peoples and nations (Nootens 2015), with the aim of denying the former two groupings of people a (justiciable) right to (external) self-determination, only conceal the asymmetric power relations within so-called mono-national as well as multinational states, frequently following from historical identity politics based on political symbolism and the rhetoric of firstcomers versus invaders or of a security dilemma threatening possession of a territory, as we tried to show with the seven rules of nationalism (see Box 4.2) in Chapter 4.…”

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“…Non-territorial autonomy is an umbrella term encompassing concepts such as 'personal', 'functional' or 'cultural' autonomy. To make things more confusing, some of these terms may have different meanings for different authors (Nootens 2015;Suksi 2014Suksi , 2016. For Tkacik (2008), functional autonomy means the decentralisation of control over a single functional subject matter.…”

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Human and Minority Rights Protection by Multiple Diversity Governance

Marko¹,

Constantin²

2019

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Liberal values in Europe, as elsewhere, are coming under serious threat, driven by identity politics designed to exploit societal schisms. The historical link between liberalism and diversity in Europe, and the extent to which one can negotiate and accommodate, if not facilitate the other, holds the key to sustainable, coherent and peaceful societies. In this book a collection of scholars based around the Institute for Minority Rights at Eurac Research tackle this vital question through a multifaceted approach that provides insights into the nuances of how law, ideology and politics impact, and are impacted by this challenge. The book will provide rich material to those seeking to understand these paradigms and the existential questions they pose to the liberal state in Europe."

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“…Nootens highlights a current consensus in the literature that autonomy is consistent with and conducive to integration. She stresses the importance of the recognition of ethno-cultural differences as well as the need to ensure the political, economic and cultural participation of members of minority groups in the public sphere in order to enhance such conceptions of autonomy (Nootens, 2015). However, she adds that the recognition of national minorities as cultural-linguistic groups may also become a powerful tool for national states to limit the range of claims such groups can make against the different ways in which the hegemony of a majority group may be exercised (i.e.…”

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“…However, she adds that the recognition of national minorities as cultural-linguistic groups may also become a powerful tool for national states to limit the range of claims such groups can make against the different ways in which the hegemony of a majority group may be exercised (i.e. dominance may manifest itself not only in the area of culture but also in economic and political spheres) (Nootens, 2015). Moreover, Prina notes that, in effect, many autonomy arrangements have disempowered minority groups (Prina, 2020) or have the potential to do so, as demonstrated by the case discussed here of the Hungarian minority in Romania.…”

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The Evanescence of Autonomy for Minority Groups: The Hungarian Minority in Romania and the Complex Nexus of Dependence

Udrea

2022

Realising Linguistic, Cultural and Educational Rights Through Non-Territorial Autonomy

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This paper examines the nature and extent of autonomy for minority groups in the context of the Hungarian minority in Romania. It shows that, rather than being a mechanism through which states fulfil their obligation to protect a people’s fair access to opportunities for self-determination, autonomy is merely a vehicle through which minority rights are administered. While the accommodation of national minorities in Romania is considered to be a positive example, a focus on the Hungarian minority highlights the extent to which the group’s autonomy has become entrenched in a nexus of dependence, involving both the home-state and the kin-state. I argue that the exercise of autonomy in cases such as the one discussed here is at odds with legal and political developments concerning the concept of autonomy for minority groups in Europe. This has not only weakened autonomy’s normative foundations but also, more worryingly, caused it to become evanescent.

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Can Non-Territorial Autonomy Bring an Added Value to Theoretic and Policy-Oriented Analysis of Ethnic Politics?

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Rethinking Autonomy: Traveling between Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

Rethinking Autonomy: Traveling between Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

Human and Minority Rights Protection by Multiple Diversity Governance

The Evanescence of Autonomy for Minority Groups: The Hungarian Minority in Romania and the Complex Nexus of Dependence

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