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Political Science Course title: Democracies and Democratization Processes in the World Code: NMG_ES102K3 Credits: 3 Type (lecture/seminar/practice/consultation) and number of contact hours: LECTURE-SEMINAR Evaluation method (end-term exam mark/ term mark / other): END TERM MARK Suggested semester: Frequency of availability: weekly Language:English Prerequisites (if any): - Description The term „democracy” is getting more and more important both in political discussions and in the case of scientific research. The aim of the course is to introduce Lipset’s sociological analysis which had a determinative effect on democracy research in the 1960’s. It examined the institutional, social and structural requirements of stable democracy. Besides Lipset, students will analyse Dankwart Rustow’s theory published in 1970, in which he examined how new democracies evolve. The course deals with the transition of post-communist countries to democracy from the aspects of economic-social order, the institutional system, and the changes in the social order and culture. Democratic institutions make citizens able to make up and speak out their preferences and have effect on political decisions. Aims: - to learn the substantive features of democracy, its indispensable elements - to be able to distinguish between different forms of democracy - different forms of democracy - democratic changes throuthout the world in recent decades, democratic transition - case studies Competences to develop: to be able to understand and analyze democracy and democratic transition Course content and schedule: - what is democracy - the substance of democracy - democratic institutions - democratic procedures - cheques and balances - different forms of democracy - democratic transition - case studies - Education management: weekly lectures, interactive discussion, presentations by students Asessment: method of assessment: performance at lectures, presentations, exam mid-term requirement: none

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Political Science

Course title: Democracies and

Democratization Processes in the World Code:

NMG_ES102K3 Credits: 3

Type (lecture/seminar/practice/consultation) and number of contact hours: LECTURE-SEMINAR

Evaluation method (end-term exam mark/ term mark / other): END TERM MARK

Suggested semester:

Frequency of availability: weekly

Language:English

Prerequisites (if any): -

Description

The term „democracy” is getting more and more important both in political discussions and in the

case of scientific research. The aim of the course is to introduce Lipset’s sociological analysis

which had a determinative effect on democracy research in the 1960’s. It examined the

institutional, social and structural requirements of stable democracy.

Besides Lipset, students will analyse Dankwart Rustow’s theory published in 1970, in which he

examined how new democracies evolve. The course deals with the transition of post-communist

countries to democracy from the aspects of economic-social order, the institutional system, and

the changes in the social order and culture. Democratic institutions make citizens able to make up

and speak out their preferences and have effect on political decisions.

Aims:

- to learn the substantive features of democracy, its indispensable elements

- to be able to distinguish between different forms of democracy

- different forms of democracy

- democratic changes throuthout the world in recent decades, democratic transition

- case studies

Competences to develop: to be able to understand and analyze democracy and democratic

transition

Course content and schedule:

- what is democracy

- the substance of democracy

- democratic institutions

- democratic procedures

- cheques and balances

- different forms of democracy

- democratic transition

- case studies

-

Education management: weekly lectures, interactive discussion, presentations by students

Asessment:

method of assessment: performance at lectures, presentations, exam

mid-term requirement: none

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oral exam topics (if any): essence of democracy, democratic institutions and procedures,

democratic transition

Compulsory reading:

1. Whitehead, Laurence: Democratisation. Theory and Practice, Oxford 2002.

2. Lipset, Seymour M. Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics. Garden City, NY:

Doubleday Press 1960.

3. Dahl, Robert: Dilemmas of Pluralist Democracy: Autonomy vs. Control, Yale University

Press, 1982

4. Dahl, Robert: After the Revolution? : Authority in a good society New Haven: Yale

University Press, 1990.

5. Rustow, Dankwart A.: Transitions to Democracy: Toward a Dynamic Model, Comparative

Politics, Vol. 2, No. 3. (Apr., 1970), pp. 337-363.

Optional reading: -

Supporting (compulsory/optional) digital materials:

- https://web.stanford.edu/~ldiamond/iraq/WhaIsDemocracy012004.htm

- http://www.cap-press.com/pdf/waters_fm.pdf

- https://kellogg.nd.edu/publications/workingpapers/WPS/130.pdf

Person in charge of program: dr. György Majtényi

Person in charge of the course: dr. István Gyarmati

Instructor: dr. István Gyarmati

Instructor’s office hours:

Preferred contact details: email

Online communication method: skype, assistant students are in charge of facilitating

communication between the instructor and the course participants. Course participants may

contact the instructor personally through e-mail and skype.

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Course title: Contemporary Cases of

International Law Code:

NMG_NT111G3 Credits: 5

Type (lecture/seminar/practice/consultation) and number of contact hours: LECTURE-

SEMINAR

Evaluation method (end-term exam mark/ term mark / other): END TERM MARK

Suggested semester:

Frequency of availability: weekly

Language:English

Prerequisites (if any): -

Description

The aim of the seminar is introduce to students the new challenges of international law and

the functioning of international courts and their case law. The students in the seminars can

study the various control mechanisms of international law and the various relevant

recommendations regarding Hungary. They analyse international case law by interpreting the

decisions and the opinions of the parties. With the help of the seminars they can formulate an

opinion about the various fields of international law, and can get a thorough knowledge of

international regulations and of the possibilities to enforce the norms of international

environmental conventions.

Main topics:

International Court of Justice I. The election of the Judges, Chambers and Committees

International Court of Justice II. Contentious cases, Advisory proceedings, International

Court of Justice III. Environmental cases, Case concerning Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros Project

(Hungary/Slovakia) and the opinions of the parties. International Court of Justice IV.

Citizenship in international law. The Nottebohm case (Liechtenstein v. Guatemala) The

principle of effectivity, The Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of

Genocide. The International Criminal Court and its activities. International Covenant on

Civil and Political Rights. The case law of the Human Rights Committee

The European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights.

Protocol No. 12 to the Convention

Relevant cases of the European Court of Human Rights regarding Hungary

The Principle of non discrimination in the practice of the European Court (the cases of

Nachova, Anguelova, Balogh.

The Right to a healthy environment in the practice of the European Court. The case of

Guerra and Others v. Italy

The Conventions (COE, UN) against Torture and its Committees.

The principle of self-determination in international law

International courts and the Southern-Slav Crisis I.

International courts and the Southern-Slav Crisis II.

Compulsory reading:

1. Cassese, Antonio: International Law, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001.

2. Dixon, Martin: Textbook on International Law (sixth ed.), Oxford, Oxford University

Press, 2007.

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3. Dembinski, Ludwik (ed.): Diplomatic and Consular Law (Selected instruments), Bern,

Peter Lang, 1993.

4. Balázs Majtényi – Balázs Vizi (eds): A Minority in Europe. Selected International

Documents regarding the Roma. Gondolat-RIENM, Budapest, 2006.

Optional reading:

5. Philip Leach: Taking a case to the European Court of human rights.London:Blackstone

Press,2001.

6. Thomas Buergenthal: International Human Rights in a Nutshell St. Paul, MN: West

Publishing Co., 1988

Supporting (compulsory/optional) digital materials: -

Person in charge of program: dr. György Majtényi

Person in charge of the course: dr. Zoltán Simon

Instructor:

Instructor’s office hours:

Preferred contact details: email

Online communication method:

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Political Science

Course title: Regional Policy in the European

Union Code:

NMG_ES102K3 Credits: 5

Type (lecture/seminar/practice/consultation) and number of contact hours: LECTURE-

SEMINAR

Evaluation method (end-term exam mark/ term mark / other): END TERM MARK

Suggested semester:

Frequency of availability: weekly

Language:English

Prerequisites (if any): -

Description

Hungarian experiences of the last few years also prove that the role of regions is increasing.

The purpose of the subject is to present the regional policy of the EU, its theory and

functional practice. During the semester the students get acquainted with the status of the

Hungarian regional structures, its present situation and function. The students acquire a

theoretical and practical knowledge of the development of Hungarian settlements, the

questions and challenges of the European integration from the view of local (settlement and

regional) governments and their institutions.

Main topics:

Organizing strength of the European identity

The role of the cross border cooperation

The appearance of national interests from a regional view and from the perspective of

globalization

Euro-regions in light of international treaties

Supply- and demand oriented regional strategies

Regional strategies in the EU

Nation-strategies and regional planning systems

Hungarian regional development strategies in Hungary

Macrostructures in Central- and Eastern-Europe

NUTS-system and it’s function

Compulsory reading:

1. Noin, D. and Woods, R. (eds) (1993): The Changing Population of Europe,

(Blackwell, Oxford).

2. Rogers, A. (1995): Multiregional Demography: Principles, Methods and Extensions.

N.Y.: Wiley 1995.

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Optional reading:

1. Bailey, A. (2005): Making Population Geography â013 Series: Human Geography in

the Making, University of Leeds, UK, p. 256

2. Haggett, P. (2001): Geography: A Global Synthesis - Prentice Hall; 4Rev Ed edition,

p. 864.

3. Nash, A.: "Population Geography", Progress in Human Geography 18(3), 1994, pp.

385-395.

Supporting (compulsory/optional) digital materials: -

Person in charge of program: dr. György Majtényi

Person in charge of the course: dr. Zoltán Simon

Instructor: dr. Zoltán Simon

Instructor’s office hours:

Preferred contact details: email

Online communication method:

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Course title: Negotiation Techniques and

Conflict Management Code:

NBG_PS879K3 Credits: 3

Type (lecture/seminar/practice/consultation) and number of contact hours: LECTURE-

SEMINAR

Evaluation method (end-term exam mark/ term mark / other): END TERM MARK

Suggested semester:

Frequency of availability: weekly

Language:English

Prerequisites (if any): -

Description

Aim of the course is to provide knowledge about different methods of negotiation

techniques. Students will also learn about communication and conflict management skills.

Topics:

characteristics of organizations

main dimensions of organizations

the connection between organization and environment

communication in the organization

types of negotiation techniques

psychic factors that influence the efficiency of discussions (personality traits,

intellectual abilities, environmental factors)

acquiring effective negotiation techniques

organizational conflicts

levels of conflicts

conflict management techniques

Compulsory reading:

1. Fritz, Susan M. – Brown, William F. – Lunde, Juice Powlacs – Banset, Elizabeth A.:

Interpersonal skills for leadership. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River. 1999.

2. Churchman D.: Negotiation process, Tactics, Theory. University Press of America.

Landham. 1995

Optional reading:

3. Moore, Christopher: The Mediation Process: Practical Strategies for Resolving Conflict.

Jossey-Bass, San Francisko, 1996

4. Roy J. Lewicki and Joseph A. Litterer, Negotiation, Irwin, Homewood, Ill. 1985.

5. John W. Burton, Conflict: Resolution and Prevention. St. Martins Press, N.Y., 1990.

Supporting (compulsory/optional) digital materials: -

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Person in charge of program: dr. György Majtényi

Person in charge of the course: dr. István Gyarmati

Instructor: dr. István Gyarmati

Instructor’s office hours:

Preferred contact details: email

Online communication method: skype, assistant students are in charge of facilitating

communication between the instructor and the course participants. Course participants may

contact the instructor personally through e-mail and skype.

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Course title: History of Hungarian Foreign

Policy 1990 to the Present Day Code:

NMG_NT104K3 Credits: 3

Type (lecture/seminar/practice/consultation) and number of contact hours: LECTURE-

SEMINAR

Evaluation method (end-term exam mark/ term mark / other): END TERM MARK

Suggested semester:

Frequency of availability: weekly

Language:English

Prerequisites (if any): -

Description

The course objective is to discuss Hungarian foreign policy strategies from 1990 until the

present day, both in terms of national and European aspirations. The 20th

century saw the birth

of numerous “small states” in Eastern and Southern regions of Europe. The numbers of

sovereign actors increased significantly in 1990s: 23 new states were born, while the German

state was reunified. The mosaic type, new political map a series of states were born out of what

were previously halted or delayed national identification efforts. The resulting structure meant

that earlier conflicts and differences of opinion between smaller nations were now elevated to

the level of foreign policy. As a result of the situation of Hungary, following 1989 we can

speak of a sort of “dual” foreign policy, in the sense that the incumbent government did not

only bear responsibility for Hungarians living within, but also those living beyond the borders.

The course will also discuss the important milestones of Hungary’s EU integration as well as

the role it plays within NATO.

Compulsory reading:

1. Ronald D. Asmus: Opening NATO’s doors. The new era and the transformation of the

organization, 2003.

2. Jacques Levesque. The Enigma of 1989: The USSR and the Liberation of Eastern Europe.

Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1997

3. Dunay Pál-Zellner,Wolfgang: Hungarian foreign policy 1990-1998, Budapest, 1999.

4. Richard Ned Lebow and Thomas Risse-Kappen, eds. International Relations Theory and

the End of the Cold War. New York: Columbia University Press, 1995

5. Cottey, A. and Averre, D. (eds.) (2002) New Security Challenges in Post-communist

Europe (Manchester: Manchester University Press).

Optional reading:

6. Gärtner, H. et al. (eds.) (2001) Europe’s New Security Challenges (London: Lynne

Rienner).

7. Mahncke, D. et al. (2004) Redefining Transatlantic Security Relations (Manchester: MUP).

8. Nugent, N. (ed.) (2004) EU Enlargement (Oxford: Oxford University Press).

9. Carlsnaes, W., et al. (eds.) (2004) Contemporary European Foreign Policy (London: Sage).

10. Tonra, B. and Christiansen, T. (2004) Rethinking European Union Foreign Policy

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(Manchester: MUP)

Supporting (compulsory/optional) digital materials: -

Person in charge of program: dr. György Majtényi

Person in charge of the course: dr. Ágnes Horváth

Instructor: dr. György Varga

Instructor’s office hours:

Preferred contact details: email

Online communication method: skype, assistant students are in charge of facilitating

communication between the instructor and the course participants. Course participants may

contact the instructor personally through e-mail and skype.

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Course title: Comparative Constitutional

studies Code:

NMG_NT101K3 Credits: 3

Type (lecture/seminar/practice/consultation) and number of contact hours: 26

Evaluation method (end-term exam mark/ term mark / other): end-term exam

Suggested semester: 1

Frequency of availability: Spring semester

Language: English

Prerequisites (if any): -

Description

Aims:

Comparative constitutional law aims at comparing the constitutional or foundational laws of

more than one country, state. Through the journey students explore the differences in law

families, political institutions, fundamental rights, constitutional concepts such as

sovereignty, state, nationality, state institutions, constitutional courts, judicial review,

presidential and parliamentary democracies etc.

Understanding these concepts helps understand the political and economic transition post-

communist European countries went through, or helps interpret issues in European

integration. It also aims to introduce students to the institutional framework of the European

Union and highlights primary Union law. It also aims to emphasise how the constitutional

law of France, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States impacted one another

and other states in Europe.

Competences to develop:

- analytical skills

- understanding legal texts

- presentation skills

- debating skills

- English vocabulary

- tolerance

- working together

Course content and schedule:

- Introduction, basic concepts for discussion, topics to be explored

- What is a Constition?

- Sovereignity

- Nationality

- Models of executive power (parliamentary and presidential systems)

- The Fundamental Law of Hungary: main actors; Head of State, Head of Government,

the Parliament

- Models of judicial power: the constitutional court;

- The Hungarian Constitutional Court

- Marbury v. Madison - the First Case of Judicial Constitutional Review

- Comparing parliamentary and presidential systems through an example

- Turkish Constitutional Law

- the concept of law in Islam

- EU and national constitutions

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- Constitutions of South America

- Human Rights: UN General Charter on Human Rights (1948); European Convention

on Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950)

- Constitutional questions related to the death penalty

- The right to die

- The right to abortion

- Summary

Education management:

-

Assessment:

- students are expected to work on two topics of their choice

- presentations should be prepared with the aim of generating debate

- debate should be facilitated by the presenter

- feed-back is continuous

- peer-review is present

- personal consultation is on request

method of assessment:

o after their presentations and through their work as facilitators, peers are also

expected to give feed-back

o end-of-term papers are assessed and graded together with the above

mid-term requirement:

o all students are expected to research two topics of interest

o these topics are then unfolded in front of the class, a debate is facilitated

o by the end of term, the topics are written-up in 3-5 pages essays including the

results of the debate as well

oral exam topics (if any):

o there is no further oral exam

Compulsory reading:

Szabó Miklós: Jogi alapfogalmak. Miskolc, Bíbor Kiadó, 2003., ISBN 963 9466 409

Legény Krisztián (szerk.): Összehasonlító alkotmányjog, Complex Kiadó, Budapest,

2006., ISBN: 9789632248837

Kukorelli István (Szerk).: Alkotmánytan, Osiris Kiadó, Budapest, 2006., ISBN:

9633898048

G. Stone, Cass R. Sunstein, Louis M. Seidman, Pamela S. Karlan, Mark V. Tushnet:

Constitutional Law, Hardcover, Aspen Pub, 2005.

Erwin Chemerinsky: Constitutional Law, Hardcover, Aspen Pub, 2005.

David M. O'Brien: Constitutional Law and Politics, W W Norton & Co Inc, 2002.

USA Constitution: http://constitutioncenter.org/constitution/full-text

Fundamental law of Hungary www.parlament.hu

Optional reading:

http://www.uscirf.gov/reports-briefs/special-reports/comparative-study-constitutions-

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muslim-countries-2005?option=com_content&task=view&id=1887&Itemid=1

http://www.mkab.hu/ ; http://www.mkab.hu/dokumentumok/alkotmanybirosagi-szemle

http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/constitutions.html

UN General Charter on Human Rights (1948);

European Convention on Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950)

Marbury v. Madison - the First Case of Judicial Constitutional Review

http://www.uscirf.gov/reports-briefs/special-reports/comparative-study-constitutions-

muslim-countries-2005?option=com_content&task=view&id=1887&Itemid=1

http://iszlam.com/irodalom/az-idealis-muszlim-no/item/1158-idealis-muszlima-10-resz-a-

nok-jogai-az-iszlamban

http://iszlam.com/irodalom/az-idealis-muszlim-no/item/1010-idealis-muszlima-6-resz-

szemermes-oltozkodes

Supporting (compulsory/optional) digital materials:

Yes, minister! : A diplomatic incident

http://www.veoh.com/watch/v22895768dge3B2yP?h1=Yes+Prime+Minister+2.3+-

+A+Diplomatic+Incident

France: http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/english/

Person in charge of program: Dr. György Majtényi

Person in charge of the course: Dr. Ágnes Horváth

Instructor:

Instructor’s office hours: on request

Preferred contact details: e-mail and skype

Online communication method: skype, assistant students are in charge of facilitating

communication between the instructor and the course participants. Course participants may

contact the instructor personally through e-mail and skype.

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Course title: International Public Institution

Management Code:

NBG_NT125G5 Credits: 3

Type (lecture/seminar/practice/consultation) and number of contact hours: LECTURE-

SEMINAR

Evaluation method (end-term exam mark/ term mark / other): END TERM MARK

Suggested semester:

Frequency of availability: weekly

Language:English

Prerequisites (if any): -

Description

Public management reforms have been developed from the ’80s in the modern industrial

world, from Western-Europe, and North-America to the Far East. The countries transformed

to the market economy, liberal democracy and Legal State in Eastern- and Central-Europe

among them the new member states of the EU have started the modernization conversion of

the public administration and the public sector as well. The course analyse this process.

Our purposes are as follows:

To represent the necessity of the new management of public institutions, the reasons of

its’ establishment and its’ historical backgrounds.

The systemic summary of the principles of the new public institution management

The analysis of the experiences of the introduction and possibilities of the public

institution management reforms.

The course offers knowledge and skills with which the students may participate at the

development and the day to day functioning of Hungarian public institutions aiming to be

compatible with the public management systems of the countries in Western- Europe.

Compulsory reading:

1. Pollitt, C. – Bouckaert, G.: Public Management Reform: An International Comparison.

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000.

2. Blowers, A.: Something in the Air: Corporate Power and the Environment. Harper &

Row, London, 1984.

3. Clark, D.: The Modernisation of the French Civil Service: Crisis, Change and Continuity.

Public Administration. 1998/76:1.

4. Heady, F: Comporative Public Administration. Marcel Dekker, New York, 1979.

5. Myrdal, G: Objectivity in Social Research. Duckworth, London, 1970.

Optional reading:

6. Stewart, J - Clarke, M: The Public Service Orientation: Issues and Dilemmas. Public

Administration, 1987/65 (2) Summer, 161-78.

Supporting (compulsory/optional) digital materials: -

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Person in charge of program: dr. György Majtényi

Person in charge of the course: dr. Gábor Zupkó

Instructor: Dr. Gábor Zupkó

Instructor’s office hours:

Preferred contact details: email

Online communication method: skype, assistant students are in charge of facilitating

communication between the instructor and the course participants. Course participants may

contact the instructor personally through e-mail and skype.

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Course title: National and Nationality Policy

in Central Eastern Europe

Code:

NMG_ES108G5 Credits: 3

Type (lecture/seminar/practice/consultation) and number of contact hours: seminar

Evaluation method (end-term exam mark/ term mark / other): written exam with end-term

exam mark

Suggested semester: spring

Frequency of availability: every spring semester

Language: English

Prerequisites (if any): -

Description

Aims

The aim of the course is to introduce students to the field of nationalism and minority studies

and to explain the theoretical framework of the topic. The course concentrates on the major

theories and approaches to nationalism. The following issues will be discussed: the birth and

development of nations; the concept of political and cultural nation; globalization and the

nation state; methodology of research on national minorities; the question of definition;

typologies of national minorities; ethnic conflicts; the justification of minority rights;

minority issues in the neighbouring states and in Hungary.

The course is composed of lectures and interactive seminars. Lectures introduce the topic,

which is usually quite broad, and seminars are devoted to presentation, of recommended

readings, by one or two of the participants, followed by a discussion of both the lecture

material and of the seminar presentation.

Competences to develop: to be able to understand, interpret and analyze interethnic

relations and minority policies of Central Eastern Europe.

Course content and schedule:

Approaches to nationalism

Nations and Nationalism

Modernism and socio-cultural transformation

Typologies of nationalism

Historical legacy. Minorities under state socialism

'Identity-politics' and 'struggles for recognition'

Minorities and post-communist transition

‘Nationalism reframed’

Dealing with the past: ethno-symbolism, history

East Central European Minorites

The Roma in post-communist East Central Europe

Anti-semitism and jewish identity in postcommunist East Central Europe

Assessment:

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Student participation is a very important component of this course. Students will also be

expected to give one in-class presentation. The presentation covers a chosen article from the

weekly class readings and should take up no more than 30 min. Presentations are made

during the first part of the class.

Compulsory reading:

Alena Heitlinger, In the shadows of the Holocaust & communism: Czech and

Anderson, Benedikt: Immagined Communities. Reflections on the Origin and the

Spread of Nationalism, London: Verso, 1983, 1-46.

András Kovács, Anti-semitism and Jewish identity in Postcommunist Hungary,

Brubaker, Rogers: Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question in

the New Europe, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996, 13-22.

Brubaker, Rogers: Nationalism Reframed: Nationhood and the National Question in

the New Europe, Cambridge University Press, 1996; chapter "Nationalizing states in

the old 'New Europe' -- and the new"

Europe. Ed. R. L. Braham, Columbia University Press, New York 1994. p.. 129-142

Gellner, Ernest: Nations and Nationalism, Oxford: Blackwell, 1983.

Greenfeld Liah,: Etymology, Definitions, Types,” lead theoretical essay,

Encyclopedia of Nationalism, v. 1, 2000. pp. 251-265

Habermas, Jürgen 1994: Struggles for Recognition in the Democratic Constitutional

State. In: Multiculturalism: Examining the Politics of Recognition (ed.: Amy

Gutmann). Princeton University Press, pp. 107-149

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Szalai, Júlia, Vera Messing, and Mária Neményi 2010: Social and Ethnic Differences

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Optional reading:

Thomas Benedikter: The World’s Working Regional Autonomies. An Introduction

and Comparative Analysis. London, Anthem, 2007.

Thomas Benedikter (ed.): Europe’s Ethnic Mosaic. A Short Guide to Minority Rights

in Europe. Bolzano, EURAC, 2008.

Bíró Anna-Mária – Kovács Petra eds. (2001): Diversity in Action. Budapest, LGI-

OSI.

Cordell, Karl – Wolff, Stefan eds. (2004): Ethnopolitical Encyclopaedia of Europe.

London, Palgrave Macmillan.

Gál Kinga ed. (2002): Minority governance in Europe. Budapest, LGI-OSI.

Horak, Stephan M. et al. (1985): Eastern European National Minorities 1919-1980. A

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Ishiyama, John T. – Breuning, Marijke (1998): Ethnopolitics of the new Europe.

Boulder, Colorado.

Kántor Zoltán (ed.): Autonomies in Europe: Solutions and Challenges. Budapest,

NPKI, L’Harmattan, 2014.

McGarry, John – Keating, Michael (eds.): European Integration and the Nationalities

Question. Routledge, London-New York, 2006.

Political Parties and Minority Participation. Skopje, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, 2008.

Robotin, Monica – Salat Levente eds. (2003): A New Balance: Democracy and

Minorities in Post-Communist Europe. Budapest, LGI-OSI.

Rudolph, Joseph (2006): Politics and Ethnicity. A Comparative Study. New York,

Palgrave Macmillan.

Salat Levente, Constantin Sergiu, Osipov Alexander, Székely István Gergő (szerk.):

Autonomy

Tóth Ágnes ed. (2005): National and Ethnic Minorities in Hungary, 1920-2001.

Boulder, Colorado.

Vermeersch, Peter (2006): The Romani Movement: Minority Politics and Ethnic

Mobilization in Contemporary Central Europe. Oxford, Berghahn Books.

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