Cooperating Regionalist And Autonomy Movements In Europe: The Incentives And Effects Of Transnational Networks

Filep, Béla; Filep, Béla

ISBN 10: 3639122046 / ISBN 13: 9783639122046

Published by Vdm Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

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60 pages. 8.66x5.91x0.14 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cooperating Regionalist And Autonomy Movements In Europe: The Incentives And Effects Of Transnational Networks
• Publisher: Vdm Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639122046
• ISBN 13: 9783639122046
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.14 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book analyses the cooperation of regionalist and autonomy movements in Europe by focusing on the incentives and effects of the transnational networks these movements have established. Specifically, the book looks at two movements in Transylvania, a Hungarian autonomy and a Romanian regionalist movement. Firstly, the analysis proves that the two movements are well interconnected transnationally. They use transnational networks as a platform for exchange of experience, (strategic) knowledge and information and perceive them as an instrument to increase their bargaining power at the supranational level, namely the EU. Secondly, the inquiry shows that the type of cooperation particular movements choose depends on the size of the movement, the (ethnic) domestic support it enjoys and its external lobbying actors. Thirdly, the book points out that the cooperation has learning effects on individual movements, in conceptual terms and with regard to the acquirement of strategies to galvanize external help and to fight the own government. Moreover, the EUżs promotion of regionalism and the principle of subsidiarity has had effects on the activities and the activism of the two movements.

About the Author

Béla Filep holds a MSc in Geography (University of Bern) and a MA in International Relations & European Studies (Central European University Budapest). He is a specialist in Border Studies and inter-ethnic relations in East Central Europe and currently research fellow at the University of Bern in the EU 6th FP project "Searching for Neighbours".