SECURING OWN POSITION: CHALLENGES FACED BY LOCAL ELITES AFTER THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN COMPROMISE
SECURING OWN POSITION: CHALLENGES FACED BY LOCAL ELITES AFTER THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN COMPROMISE
Author(s): Tamás Székely, Szilveszter Csernus-LukácsSubject(s): Public Administration, Local History / Microhistory, Political history, Social history, Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Politics and society, Nationalism Studies, 19th Century, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: security; securitisation; nationalism; minorities; Hungary; Austria- Hungary; Habsburg empire;
Summary/Abstract: The multi-ethnic regions of the Habsburg Monarchy became increasingly perceived as places of instability and insecurity after the rise of competing national movements in the mid-nineteenth century. The antagonism between local national elites culminated after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, as all pursued a course aimed at securing a favourable position. As actors of security, the local elites often and typically declared themselves and their respective nations to be existentially threatened and therefore with a legitimate claim to survive the challenges brought on by modern times. To investigate the security dilemmas of the local elites in two different regions of Austria-Hungary – namely in three city municipalities in Bács-Bodrog county in Southern Hungary; and in Vas, Sopron and Moson counties in western Hungary – this study combines methods of historical discourse analysis with approaches taken from security and nationalism studies as well as regional and local history.
Journal: Acta Poloniae Historica
- Issue Year: 2020
- Issue No: 121
- Page Range: 85-120
- Page Count: 36
- Language: English