Original scientific paper

Europe, its East and South

Silva Mežnarić ; Institute for Migrations and Nationalities, Zagreb

Abstract

Europe, encompassing its East and South, will encounter in the next Century new divisions both in the world and on its continent where three different world civilizations are facing each other. The author maintains that traditional European strategies in dealing with difference, building-up and fences towards semi-modernized East/South and containment, would not stand a chance to survive any more. After the Balkans, Europe has to visualize new strategies in dealing with “different”; author proposes one, that is to invigorate civil society in Eastern and Southern European states. Modernized civil society in former socialist states would be the most feasible alliance in supporting inter-cultural and civilization links in future Europe as a whole.

Keywords

Europe; ethnic cleansing; Eastern Europe; modernization; conflict

Hrčak ID:

154531

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/154531

Publication date:

31.12.1996.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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