The Center-Periphery Cleavage Revisited: East and Central Europe from Postcommunism to Euroscepticism

Pisciotta, Barbara

doi:10.1080/13537113.2016.1169063

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“…The loudest ethnic party and the clear opposition to PRM, the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) has been advocating for the greater autonomy of the regions, namely because most Hungarians populate the Transylvanian region. Pisciotta (2016) stresses here the substantial losses of UDMR and other ethnic parties due to the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and PNL victories prior to 2016. On the other hand, smaller divides resulting from the transition period to market economy and resilience to full democracy have not been active for a substantial amount of time.…”

Section: Romaniamentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Indeed, the division between ethnic Romanians and ethnic Hungarians is noted by many authors and is the centre of much discussion. Romanian and Hungarian nationalistic drives did manage to mobilise important sections of the public belonging to both ethnic groups, some deemed the confrontation between Romanian and Hungarian nationalists to not be based on a major interethnic cleavage (Lawson -Römmele -Karasimeonov 1999), while Pisciotta in her study of the center -periphery cleavage in East and Central Europe highlights the electoral weight of the ethnic and nationalist parties in Romania in 2000-2004(Pisciotta 2016. As noted by Stroschein (2001), the most successful titular party could be found in Romania.…”

Section: Romaniamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Therefore, while some may shy away from calling this division a fully -fledged cleavage it is a notable divide in Romanian politics, which more than in neighbouring countries is reflected in the party choice available to citizens of Romania. While the presence of nationalist parties in any size, shape or form, may be expected to cause divisions, it does seem that Romania has parties which ably represent both ethnic minorities and minority views (Pisciotta 2016).…”

Section: Romaniamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cleavages in the Post-Communist Countries of Europe: A Review

Redžić

Everett²

2020

Politics in Central Europe

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This review of the historical studies of cleavages and seeks to bridge the gap between the historical study of cleavages and frozen cleavage theory and the post-communist states of Europe which have transitioned to democracy. The study identifies the literature on frozen cleavages and new divides which have arisen transition, as well as the primary actors in their political representation and issue positioning. The key literature in the development of studies on cleavages was provided by Lipset and Rok-kan, but their work focused mostly on Western democracies and did not include any of the countries which were behind the iron curtain at the time. However, the transition of the post-communist nations of Europe are now several decades old. Since the demise of communist regimes in Europe, much literature has been produced on the newly democratic regimes developing there. This article provides a broad overview of general trends in cleavage literature and more specific developments for Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia. The main findings were that there are frozen cleavages present in the post-communist countries of Europe, but that much of the developments since the fall of communism seem to be unpredictable and change-able — a fact reflected by the instability and constant change in the party systems.

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Section: Romaniamentioning

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Cleavages in the Post-Communist Countries of Europe: A Review

Redžić

Everett²

2020

Politics in Central Europe

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“…In this case, unlike the previous one, the action undertaken by the revisionist state, be it peaceful or violent, tends to go beyond the boundaries of its regional area and extend to the international order, thus affecting the international norms, the hierarchy of prestige, the distribution of power and the control or conquest of territories, neighbouring, and otherwise. It is known that the regional and the global levels are both 'external' with respect to national boundaries (Pisciotta, 2016). In order to avoid misunderstandings, here we prefer to use the term 'global' rather than 'international' to stress the difference between a geographically delimited space (regional) and a potentially open space (global), by definition exposed to any external factor (regional, international, transnational).…”

Section: A New Typology Of Revisionismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Russian revisionism in the Putin era: an overview of post-communist military interventions in Georgia, Ukraine, and Syria

Pisciotta

2019

Riv. ital. sci. polit.

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This paper seeks to develop a new typology of revisionism based on the nature of the aims (territorial/normative/hierarchy of prestige), the means employed (peaceful/violent), and the level of action (regional/global). This will then be used to explain the escalation of Russia's foreign policy from regional to global claims with reference to its military interventions in Georgia, Ukraine, and Syria and to identify the type of revisionism involved in each of the three Russian military interventions undertaken both inside (Georgia and Ukraine) and outside (Syria) the post-soviet space. The paper is divided into three parts. The first examines the concept of revisionism and suggests a new classification of six types in relation to the means, nature, and level of the claims put forward by revisionist powers. The second discusses the interventions carried out by Russia within its regional area (in Georgia and Ukraine). The third analyses the intervention in Syria and highlights the escalation of Russian claims from the regional to the global level.

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“…A relevant theory for understanding this quest for alignment and for analyzing international relationships between European nations and the continent is the "center-periphery" theory, which tries to describe the relationship between an evolved 'center' that possesses influence and power, and a rudimentary 'periphery' that has a marginal position in international relationships (Hrebenciuc, 2017a(Hrebenciuc, , 2017bPisciotta, 2016;Postiglione, 2005;Zgaga, 2014). Champion (2005, p. xiv) looks at the center-periphery cleavage as an Eurocentric model, with poorly developed Eastern and Central European countries shifting attention from their own national perspectives to a larger capacity: the Western civilization, regarded as a savior.…”

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confidence: 99%