The (Not So) Surprising Longevity of Identity Politics: Contemporary Challenges of the State-Society Compact...

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Timofey Agarin (Queen's University Belfast, UK)

The (Not So) Surprising Longevity of Identity Politics

Contemporary Challenges of the State-Society Compact in Central Eastern Europe

Timofey Agarin (Queen's University Belfast, UK)

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English

Routledge
29 January 2024

Social & political philosophy; Social & cultural anthropology; Marxism & Communism; Fascism & Nazism; Political structures: democracy

This book assesses the underpinning role ‘references to identity’ played and continue to play as the powerful mobilising force in domestic politics across the East European region stretching from Estonia to Bulgaria.

The EU membership of postcommunist states was to ensure stability, prevent conflict and eventually guarantee equality of all citizens regardless of their political preferences or ethnic identities. However, the promotion of such norms and values has been secondary to consolidation of state institutions and the societies they serve around ethnocentric narratives of states’ core ethnic groups. The sequel of financial, then ‘refugee’ crises has further dented the appeal of the EU’s norms across the region. Even the rhetoric commitment to respect cultural diversity and human rights has been promptly replaced with references to identity and interests of politically relevant groups. Yet, nativist and populist rhetoric has been the staple of politics since before the EU accession.

The chapters in this edited volume zoom in on politics which forge and live-off their societies’ preoccupation with ethnocentric narratives, vesting national identity with persistent relevance and considerable weight across the postcommunist region.

The chapters in this book were originally published in the journal, East European Politics.

Edited by: Timofey Agarin (Queen's University Belfast UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032222639
ISBN 10: 1032222638
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 29 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: The (not so) surprising longevity of identity politics: contemporary challenges of the state- society compact in Central Eastern Europe 1. Authoritarian footprints in Central and Eastern Europe 2. Weak pluralism and shallow democracy: the rise of identity politics in Bulgaria and Romania 3. Caesarean politics in Hungary and Poland 4. In Europe’s Closet: the rights of sexual minorities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia 5. Nation before democracy? Placing the rise of the Slovak extreme right into context 6. Latgale and Latvia’s post- Soviet democracy: the territorial dimension of regime consolidation 7. Consolidated technocratic and ethnic hollowness, but no backsliding: reassessing Europeanisation in Estonia and Latvia

Timofey Agarin teaches Comparative Politics at Queen’s University Belfast, where he is also the Director of the Centre for the Study of Ethnic Conflict. His research interests are ethnic politics and their impact on societal transition, including majority-minority relations, non-discrimination, migration and civil society, with a particular focus on post communist states in Central Eastern Europe.