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You Cannot Integrate Everything - George Schöpflin on the Dilemmas of Diversity
You Cannot Integrate Everything - George Schöpflin on the Dilemmas of Diversity

Author(s): George Schöpflin
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Society of the Hungarian Quarterly
Keywords: European integration;

Summary/Abstract: The Hungarian version of the above interview was conducted by Orsolya Gergely, who teaches Sociology at the Sapientia University in Csíkszereda (Miercurea-Ciuc). It appeared in the April 2006 issue of Korunk, a monthly published in Cluj-Napoca (Kolozsvár). The English version was made for The Hungarian Quarterly by Gábor Buzási, who teaches Hebrew and Classical Greek at the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Piliscsaba. George Schöpflin is Jean Monnet Professor of Political Science at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies of London University and Director of the Centre for the Study of Nationalism in Europe. He is a member of the European Parliament for FIDESZ-Hungarian Civic Union. "The process of European integration has created new forms of political power on a supranational level. The resultant institutions are either accused of concentrating too much power, or they face the opposite criticism, that they are not powerful enough to represent Europe as a unified entity."[...]

  • Issue Year: 2006
  • Issue No: 184
  • Page Range: 73-84
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English