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@article{ Surazska1996,
title = {Theoretical Perspectives on Central Europe},
author = {Surazska, Wieslawa},
journal = {Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review},
number = {1},
pages = {3-17},
volume = {4},
year = {1996},
urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54018},
abstract = {Various theoretical perspectives on political developments in postcommunist Central Europe are considered. The paradigms of modernization & democratic theories are found insufficient to explain such phenomena as the renewal of ethnoregional identities typical of the region & sometimes lead to irredentism & secession. It is argued that these phenomena can be better understood in the context of Stein Rokkan's (1975) conceptions of state- & nation-building. Rokkan's theory on the critical junctures in history is tested on the return of the 1991 Polish parliamentary elections. A map of the turnout in these elections is presented, showing the lines of the Third Partition (1795-1919) in contemporary electoral behavior. Other examples of the reintegration of historic regions are presented, & the consequences of this development discussed.},
}