A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
New national organization of Europe: nationalism and minority rights after the end of the Cold War
Authors: Matti Jutila
Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Publication year: 2017
Journal: International Relations
Journal name in source: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Journal acronym: INT RELAT
Volume: 31
Issue: 1
First page : 21
Last page: 41
Number of pages: 21
ISSN: 0047-1178
eISSN: 1741-2862
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0047117816659531
Abstract
Post-Cold War Europe witnessed the resurgence of different forms of nationalism and also the re-establishment of a minority rights regime. At the surface level, rights of national minorities seem to undermine nationalism as a political organization principle, but on a closer investigation the relationship between the two is more complex. This article uses insights from the English school's theorizing on primary and secondary institutions to investigate the relationship between the primary institution of nationalism and secondary institution of minority rights regime. After a brief discussion of nationalism as a primary institution and its influence on the implementation of universal human rights, this article presents a detailed study of the minority rights regime analysing how it challenges, transforms and reproduces nationalism as a primary institution of contemporary European society of states.
Post-Cold War Europe witnessed the resurgence of different forms of nationalism and also the re-establishment of a minority rights regime. At the surface level, rights of national minorities seem to undermine nationalism as a political organization principle, but on a closer investigation the relationship between the two is more complex. This article uses insights from the English school's theorizing on primary and secondary institutions to investigate the relationship between the primary institution of nationalism and secondary institution of minority rights regime. After a brief discussion of nationalism as a primary institution and its influence on the implementation of universal human rights, this article presents a detailed study of the minority rights regime analysing how it challenges, transforms and reproduces nationalism as a primary institution of contemporary European society of states.
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