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Cyprus from 1960 to EU Accession: The Case for Non‐Territorial Autonomy
Author(s) -
Dundas Guy
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
australian journal of politics and history
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1467-8497
pISSN - 0004-9522
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8497.2004.00322.x
Subject(s) - accession , autonomy , politics , european union , ethnic group , political science , constitution , greeks , political economy , power (physics) , development economics , sociology , law , international trade , history , economics , ancient history , physics , quantum mechanics
The political history of Cyprus illustrates the difficulty of instituting political power‐sharing and cultural autonomy in states where multiple ethnic groups are present, particularly where they are territorially intermixed. Contemporary political realities relating to the accession of the island to the European Union demonstrate that old and new approaches to these issues are still in need of evaluation. This article seeks to explore an “old” method for reconciling the needs of Cyprus' two ethnic groups —“non‐territorial autonomy” as embodied in the island's failed 1960 Constitution. It also examines the potential relevance of this concept for a fully European Cyprus, in which the right to free movement of Greeks and Turks throughout the island may recreate an environment of intermixed heterogeneity, and thus stimulate the need for appropriate political institutions.