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Kin‐state identity in the European context: citizenship, nationalism and constitutionalism in Hungary
Author(s) -
BATORY AGNES
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nations and nationalism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.655
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1469-8129
pISSN - 1354-5078
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2010.00433.x
Subject(s) - constitutionalism , citizenship , europeanisation , politics , nationalism , political science , identity (music) , legislation , political economy , state (computer science) , national identity , law , context (archaeology) , sociology , gender studies , democracy , geography , physics , archaeology , algorithm , acoustics , computer science
. The broad objective of this article is to explore the interaction between nationalism and Europeanisation, and the impact of this interaction on constitutionalism at the level of EU member states, using Hungary as a case study. The country reasserted its identity as a kin‐state after regime change in 1990, with the relationship between ethnicity/national identity and political community repeatedly taking centre stage in political life and in the field of citizenship legislation. At the same time, the country actively pursued integration into the EU, including a constitutional amendment allowing accession. Despite the potential implications of joining a supranational political entity for the definition of political community, the two parallel processes remained largely disconnected in the political discourse and the broader debate on constitutionalism in the EU has found less resonance in domestic politics than controversy over citizenship and national identity.