Reasons for emergence and ideological explanation of the irredentist policy
Journal Title: Journal of Geography, Politics and Society - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
The article deals with the policy of irredentism, which is viewed as a state policy, aimed at joining the part of the territory of other states under the pretence of protection of the kin-groups from a perspective of rational approach. The author investigates the reasons for emergence of irredentism, emphasizes the decisive role of the “Great Idea”, which justifies the irredentist policy of the state, and draws attention to the influence of nationalism on the formation of the policy of irredentism. It gives a detailed analysis of the content of irredentist project of the Russian Federation because of which the annexation of the Ukrainian Crimea was carried out.
Authors and Affiliations
Natalia Horlo
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP506604
- DOI 10.4467/24512249JG.18.022.8791
- Views 106
- Downloads 0
Prospects of the karst-speleological national park “Podillia Speleoregion” establishment and operation
The article analyses the present speleological resources on the territory of Ukraine. Within the boundaries of Podilllia speleoregion zonation has been performed in order to improve the organizational and administrative...
Specifics of demographic transitions in Ukraine after the country gained independence
Demographic transition processes in Ukraine following the country gaining independence correspond neither to the demographic transition model nor the second demographic transition model. Unsuccessful political, social an...
Cross-border issues in Polish supraregional strategies on example of strategies of western and eastern Poland
The main purpose of this paper is to present areas and directions of integration and disintegration in East-Central Europe. It is based on the comparison of the two development strategies for the two supraregional areas...
Nation – branding in small – states foreign politics
The article deals with nation-branding under specific conditions of small states and their foreign relations. The first part is devoted to identification of the main specific features of small states from international r...
Lviv oblast: urgent socio-economic problems in the context of european integration
The paper summarizes the contribution of the Ukrainian and Polish scholars into the study of challenges of European integration in Ukraine. It proves the importance of researching socio-economic problems of Lviv region i...