H2020Индивидуална стипендия2019–2021

MINSOC · Minority civil society, inter-ethnic peace and sustainable democracy

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2019-09-23 → 2021-09-22
Финансиране от ЕС: 186 167 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

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Накратко на български

Ролята на организациите на етнически малцинства, като турците в България, се анализира чрез техните усилия за опазване на културата и изграждане на връзки с други групи. Това помага да се разбере как тези институции поддържат стабилна демокрация в многонационалните държави.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Minority civil society, inter-ethnic peace and sustainable democracy

The MINSOC project explored the role of minority civil society organizations in shaping the prospects for sustainable interethnic peace in multiethnic societies. It focused on ethnolinguistic minorities in Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe -- namely, Turks in Bulgaria; Russophones in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; Poles in Lithuania; Albanians in Macedonia; and Hungarians in Romania, Serbia and Slovakia. The research identified institutions that minorities use for intra-ethnic "bonding" (to maintain and develop their cultures) and interethnic "bridging" (to build interethnic solidarity). The research also reveals how kin-states and European institutions influence minorities’ organizational activities. This project is important for society, as it focuses squarely on the question of what social resources are helpful for ethnic minority actors to develop the kind of political agency that makes democratic government sustainable in multiethnic states. The comparative analysis reveals the significance of minority institutions in supporting democratic politics. The project's main objective was to identify what combinations of bonding and bridging institutions provide resources for democratic minority agency To this end: the project developed analytical categories for bonding and bridging institutions in key domains; created a comparative index of minority institutions; collected data about the organizational activities of a large number of ethnic minorities in post-communist Europe; and drew comparative lessons about the role of minority institutions in the sustainability of democracy, and the impact of external actors (kin-states and the EU) on the process.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Minority civil society, inter-ethnic peace and sustainable democracyEthnic minorities make up a significant part of societies around the world, and contemporary migration patterns indicate that ethnic diversity is increasing globally. Meanwhile, state-driven majoritarian nationalism has strengthened in many regions of the world, including new and long-established democracies. In recent years, an increasing number of governments have used majoritarian nationalism to regain or construct legitimacy, following a familiar script: blaming internal and external ""others"" for economic and social issues. Comparative evidence reveals that members of ethnic, racial, or religious minorities are more likely than majority members to become alienated from democratic institutions. There is an urgent need for the scholarly community to find useful answers to the question of how democracy and inter-ethnic peace can be maintained under such conditions.There is a rich body of scholarship about governmental strategies and policies aimed at achieving minority integration. There is, however, a dearth of comparative research on the role of social institutions, and particularly on the role of minority social institutions, in shaping state-minority relations, despite broad consensus on the significance of social institutions (such as churches, schools, cultural associations, etc.) in ethno-cultural boundary-making. This research begins to fill that gap by creating a comparative index of minority civil society institutions that minority populations use for ethnic boundary-making, based on the patterns observable among ten minority populations in post-communist Europe. The research will also identify those combinations of minority civil society institutions that are most likely to provide resources for democratic (vs. violent) forms of minority contestation and sustainable inter-ethnic peace, and it will assess the impact of external support on the development of minority civil society.""

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSITAET GRAZ · GrazКоординаторАвстрия