Manzinger Krisztián
Consociational democracy
A form of power sharing that enables politically or ethnically heterogeneous societies to function democratically by overcoming the centrifugal forces through attitudes and behaviours of cooperation among leaders from different...Author: Manzinger Krisztián
Ethnic diversity in the Republic of Moldova
The Republic of Moldova is an Eastern European post-Soviet state. Its territory came under Russian rule in the early 19th century. The Russian government actively engaged in nation-building to distance...Author: Manzinger Krisztián
Ethnocracy in Belgium
The formerly unitarian state started to transform into an ethnofederal state in the 1930s, yet it was the constitution of 1993 which eventually conformed this change. Today, Belgium is made...Author: Manzinger Krisztián
Ethnocracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
According to the Dayton Agreement of 1995, the former Yugoslav state in the Western Balkans is an etnofederation. The country is composed of two federal entities and a self-governing administrative...Author: Manzinger Krisztián
Grand coalition
A key characteristic of Consociational democracy applicable in minority protection but also in other types of divided societies. Acknowledging the dangers of non-cooperation, it is based on the involvement of...Author: Manzinger Krisztián
Hungarian-Serbian reconciliation
In 2009, marking the beginning of the reconciliation process, the Hungarian and Serbian Presidents agreed on the joint research of the atrocities committed by the armed forces of the two...Author: Manzinger Krisztián
Language rights in Finland
Finland is Northern European Scandinavian state which became independent from Russia in 1917. Finland is officially bilingual with Finnish and Swedish being national languages at state level. According to Finnish...Author: Manzinger Krisztián
Minority and territorial autonomy in Serbia
During the 19th and 20th centuries, Serbia played a key role in Yugoslavism, the establishment of a South Slavic political union, which eventually fell apart in both 1941 and 1991...Author: Manzinger Krisztián
Monolingualism
Defining one or more languages as the one(s) used in administration, education and official communication is inevitable for every state. Monolingualism is a practice applied in nation-states to demand of...Author: Manzinger Krisztián
Proportionality
A key characteristic of Consociationalism applicable also as a minority protection tool. Proportionality constitutes a deviation from the rules of majoritarian democracy providing an instrument applicable in divided societies. Proportionality...Author: Manzinger Krisztián