Central European Papers, 2013 (vol. 1), issue 2

Over the second issue of the journal

Tamás László VIZI

Central European Papers 2013, 1(2):4-5  

Cultural identity change of a royal Hungarian town, Székesfehérvár, in the 18^th and 19^th century

Péter SZABÓ

Central European Papers 2013, 1(2):7-22 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2013.012  

The paper describes the cultural and social history of Székesfehérvár at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century. The author introduces the modernization of a town with medieval traditions in the new age while also looking at the development and alteration of the concept of 'nation' and national awareness, as these are some of the main components of identity development during the civilization process in the town. The author investigates the processes by which the majority of the residents became speakers of Hungarian from German, the dominant first language after the Turkish era.

The Historically Changing Role of Port Rijeka in the Hungarian Context (1719-1941), with a Special View on Trieste

Lóránt BALI

Central European Papers 2013, 1(2):23-28 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2013.013  

From 1779 until the period between the two World Wars Rijeka had a long way of history. Several times prevented by Austrian imperial interests against Trieste but with strong support from Hungary a major port even with European scale could have been constructed by the end of the 19th century that successfully served the Hungarian imperial interests, and became a Hungarian sea exit. The peculiar public law relations did not constitute an obstacle to economic development. However, the great power rivalries sealed the fate of Rijeka. It became loser of the period between the two World Wars. The city's fate was resolved after the Second World War, when...

Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire since the End of the Bosnian Annexation Crisis till the Italo-Turkish War

Roman KODET

Central European Papers 2013, 1(2):29-38 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2013.014  

After the end of the Bosnian annexation crisis Austria-Hungary was able to improve its position in the Ottoman Empire. This was enabled not only due to successful negotiations with the Porte which enabled the solution of the crisis, but also by the cautious policy of Vienna during the coup of 13th April in Istanbul. During the second half of 1909 Austria-Hungary was able to considerably improve its relations with the Ottoman Empire. Although Vienna was able to profit from this fact in some cases as a whole the favourable situation was not utilized to improve the stance of the Habsburg monarchy on the Balkans. Since the second half of 1910 the relations...

The Machník Decree of 1936 and its Perception by the British Legation in Prague and the Foreign Office

Lukáš NOVOTNÝ

Central European Papers 2013, 1(2):39-50 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2013.015  

The study is based on unpublished documents of the National Archives in London and deals with the perception of the so-called Machnik's Decree from the point of view of the British Legation in Prague and the Foreign Office. The so-called Machnik's Decree means the appeals of the Czechoslovak Ministry of National Defence from January 1936, addressed to various enterprises who were interested in state contracts. These contracts required the trustworthy persons only. Both British Legation and the Foreign Office found such activities inappropriate and understood them to be useless. The whole affair, which was discussed on the field of League of Nations,...

Hungarian Attempts at the Annexation of Slovakia in 1938 (Part II)

István JANEK

Central European Papers 2013, 1(2):51-63 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2013.016  

Hungarian society and the government never approved of the loss of the northern region populated by Hungarians and Slovaks, just as they never accepted the loss of other territories of the former Kingdom of Hungary. They endeavoured to regain those territories during the interbellum years. The annexation of Slovakia was in the focus of Hungarian revisionary thought, cherished by both political and military circles. Hungarian politicians especially resented the loss of Upper Hungary, second only to the loss of Transylvania, because this region had played an essential role in the economy of the Kingdom of Hungary. Hungarian propaganda implied that since...

Organizational structure of transforming League of Communists of Serbia (Part II)

Lukáš VOMLELA

Central European Papers 2013, 1(2):64-75 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2013.017  

The main aim of the article is to explain the advantages of organizational structure of the League of Communists of Serbia, which enabled the party to remain in power after the Serbian elections in 1990. The article focuses on several factors which strengthened the central leadership of the Serbian communist party, such as the completed process of generational changes, intensive and frequent party purges, the decrease of party membership and the party's ability to recruit new members, ethnic homogeneity among party members, the reaction of party leaders to the demands of Serbian opposition, charismatic leaders and the level of dependence on the federal...

Detlef BRANDES, Sudetští Němci v krizovém roce 1938

Lukáš NOVOTNÝ

Central European Papers 2013, 1(2):88-89  

Praha: Argo 2012. 428 pages.ISBN 978-80-257-0605-3

Teresa SOŁDRA-GWIŻDŻ, Socjologia wobec Śląska: jedność czy wielość?

Richard PRZECZEK

Central European Papers 2013, 1(2):90-92  

Opole: Instytut Slaski, 2010. 344 pages.ISBN 978-83-7126-266-1

Hypotheses of the Appearance of Rusins/Slavs in Transcarpathia (Transcarpathian Region)

Richard MIHOK

Central European Papers 2013, 1(2):77-80 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2013.018  

To sum up, it can be stated that the ethnic group called Rusins settled down continuously in the territory of the present Transcarpathia from the 6th century. There were interruptions in the process and the amount of them changed several times. Apparently, they didn't belong to the Eastern Slavs. This process was accelerated from the 14th century but from this time we have to speak about the Eastern Slavs.

Ukrainian-Polish Cooperation at Regional Level in the Context of the European Integration

Natalya Mihajlivna BUGLAY

Central European Papers 2013, 1(2):81-86 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2013.019  

The article deals with issues of Ukrainian-Polish cooperation at the regional level. The legal and regulatory framework of bilateral relations is analysed. The Problems of the expansion of interregional cooperation in Poland and Ukraine are considered through the countries' implementation of the course of the European integration.