Populism, Memory and Minority Rights. Central and Eastern European Issues in Global Perspective

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Populism, Memory and Minority Rights is the flagship publication of the Tom Lantos Institute (TLI), a highly-regarded international human rights institute based in Budapest, Hungary. The publication provides a forum for discussion on crucial themes of global and regional importance on the accommodation of ethno-cultural diversity and related normative developments. It introduces TLI’s work in terms of its mandated issue areas, including Roma rights and citizenship, Jewish life and antisemitism, and Hungarian and other national minorities. The theoretical and empirical studies, commentaries, interviews, reports and other documents offer a unique source of information for libraries, research institutes, civil society actors, governments, intergovernmental organizations and all those interested in contemporary normative trends and debates in international minority protection. Populism, Memory and Minority Rights: Central and Eastern European Issues in Global Perspective Copyright Contents Preface List of Illustrations Notes on Contributors Part 1: Roma Rights and Citizenship 1 A Forbidden People Has No History 2 Shouldn't We Have a History? 3 Roma Women's Local Initiatives in Hungary: Driving Force for Community Participation and Empowerment 4 From Victimhood to Citizenship: The Path of Roma Integration, András Bíró, Nicolae Gheorghe, Martin Kovats et al. Part 2: Jewish Life and Antisemitism 5 Social Psychology of Intergroup Reconciliation: Moving beyond Guilt and Victimhood 6 Towards Negative Possession of Identity 7 Constructing Memorials, Constructing Memory 8 Ki szereti a zsidókat? A magyar filoszemitizmus [Who likes the Jews? Hungarian philosemitism] Part 3: Hungarian Minorities 9 Mobilizing Strategies of Hungarian Minority Parties in Romania, Serbia and Slovakia 10 Mono-ethnic Transnationalism? Romanian Public Perceptions of Hungarian Ethno-political Claims and Kin-state Policies Part 4: General Issues 11 The Congress of European Nationalities and the International Protection of Minority Rights, 1925-1938 12 Group Identities and Human Rights: How Do We Square the Circle in International Law? 13 Policing the Public Sphere: Regulating Religion in Europe 14 Identity and Human Rights in a "Populist" Era: Urging Caution and Pragmatism in Minority Rights Protection 15 Comments for a Roundtable Discussion on "Transnational Activism: Impact of Populism on Minorities, Indigenous Peoples and Refugees" Part 5: Report 16 Human Rights Education in the Visegrád Countries: A Difficult Journey