Introduction to the Special Issue on National Cultural Autonomy in Diverse Political Communities
Practices, Challenges, and Perspectives
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11046744 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David J Smith (0000-0002-3346-3824, University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 224-234 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nationalities Papers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-5992 • E-ISSN: 1465-3923 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/nps.2019.94 |
| OpenAlex | W2999662239 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 36 |
Numerous contemporary examples attest to the continued political salience of ethnic identification. This is the case even in multi-ethnic societies bound together by a strong overarching sense of patriotism, but it is most especially so in contexts where ethnicity has historically functioned as the building block of modern nations (Rudolph 2006). Since today’s world contains many more ethnoculturally defined nations than it does states, a tension persists between the principle of self-determination of peoples and the principle of territorial integrity of existing polities (Dembinska, Máracz, and Tonk 2014). The almost invariable overlapping of different ethno-national populations within the same territorial space renders the nation-state concept inherently problematic as a modality for ethnically based self-determination, for while all nation-state projects dictate cultural uniformity, all must contend with differing degrees of pluralism. Within the nation-state frame, those who do not profess belonging to the dominant ethnocultural community are consigned to the category of “national minority” and thereby deemed an anomaly and a barrier to the creation of a “good political order.” 1 In this context, claims by minority national and ethnic communities for recognition of collective rights can be easily construed as a threat to the security of the state and its dominant ethno-national group, leading to situations of tension and—in the worst case—open conflict
Autonomy · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Ethnic group · Minority rights · National security · Patriotism · Pluralism (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Salience (neuroscience · Sociology · Sovereignty · State (computer science · Territorial integrity · Central European national history · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Gender Studies · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Psychology
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Nations and Nationalism since 1780
On Their Own Behalf
National-Cultural Autonomy and Its Contemporary Critics
Between Balkanization and Banalization
National–Cultural Autonomy as an Alternative to Minority Territorial Nationalism
The Tatars of the Russian Federation and National–Cultural Autonomy
Introduction
Conclusion
National Cultural Autonomy and International Minority Rights Norms
Identity and Integration of Russian Speakers in the Baltic States
The Use of Cultural Autonomy to Prevent Conflict and Meet the Copenhagen Criteria
Imagining Policies
Framing the national question in Central and Eastern Europe
Europeanization and Collective Rationality in Minority Voting
National in Form, Putinist in Content
The Russian-Speaking Populations in the Post-Soviet Space
Cultural Autonomy in Contemporary Europe
Retracing Estonia's Russians
Introduction to the special section
Forgotten Europeans
Nationalist multiculturalism in late imperial Austria as a critique of contemporary liberalism
Approaches to the Resolution of Ethnic Conflict
State–society relations in contemporary Russia
Ethnic Diversity and the Nation State
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |