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Discursul identitar maghiar în România postcomunistă
The Hungarian Identity Discourse in Post-Communist Romania

Author(s): Monica Andriescu, Sergiu Gherghina
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Fundaţia »Societatea Civilă« (FSC)
Keywords: identity politics; minorities; discourse; mobilization; Romania

Summary/Abstract: This article explores the political aspects of national minority identity by analyzing the discourse of the political representative of the Hungarian minority in post-communist Romania (the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania). Political discourse (party programs, parliamentary debates) and document analysis are used to illustrate two levels of discourse: symbolic and substantive. The article shows that elite discourse has shaped the political role and claims of the Hungarian minority, which influenced the minority nation-building process, as well as the content of the diversity accommodation framework in post-communist Romania.

  • Issue Year: XX/2012
  • Issue No: 171
  • Page Range: 93-105
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Romanian