Multiethnic regionalisms in Southeastern Europe: statehood alternatives

Abstract

This book is based on a comparative study of regionalisms in Croatia's regions of Dalmatia and Istria as well as Serbia's Vojvodina. The monograph's main focus is on regionalist political party strategies since 1990, and within that, each case study considers history and historiography, inter-group relations, economics, and region-building. The analysis demonstrates that many of the common assumptions about the causal determinants of territorial autonomy projects and outcomes, as well as about a teleological and unidirectional path from regionalism to nationalism, do not stand up to scrutiny. The author introduces original concepts such as plurinational, multinational and sectional regionalism to theories of nationalism and territorial politics. This book will appeal to scholars and upper-level students interested in territorial politics, federalism, nationalism and comparative politics. Preface; Contents; List of Maps; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introduction; Teleology of Exit Options; Multiethnic Regionalisms in Southeastern Europe; Research Design and Analysis; Chapter 2: Politics, Territory, and Nationalism: A Conceptual Framework; Nationalism; Nationalism in Southeastern Europe; Regionalism; Territorial Party Politics; Regional Autonomies and Territories; Conceptual Note; Regions, Territories, Autonomies in the Balkans; Chapter 3: Istria in Croatia: The Politics of Plurinational Regionalism; Histories and Historiographies; Intergroup Relations. Regional Economy and European IntegrationRegion-Building Politics of the IDS; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 4: Dalmatia in Croatia: The Politics of Sectional Regionalism; Histories and Historiographies; Intergroup Relations; Regional Economy and European Integration52; Region-Building Politics of the DA and the Maslina [Olive]; Concluding Remarks; Chapter 5: Vojvodina in Serbia: The Politics of Multinational Regionalism; Histories and Historiographies; Intergroup Relations; Regional Economy and European Integration; Region-Building Politics of the LSV and the DS; Concluding Remarks. Chapter 6: Statehood Alternatives: Plurinational, Sectional, and Multinational Regionalisms Compared Outcomes and Characterizations of Regionalisms; Historiography; Intergroup Relations; Regional Economy and European Integration; Beyond the Case Studies; Conclusion; Index.