Ethnicity, Religion and Intercultural Dialogue in the European Border Space

Mircea Brie ()

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Abstract: Ethnicity and religious confession are concepts around which discussion and controversy arise, generating emotions and feelings of extreme intensity. Each of us belongs to such communities. By default, there is a strong pressure on us to be subjective. Intercultural dialogue can be successfully provided where a community that is aware of the others comes to communicate, to cooperate, and to build the structure of a multicultural society. Studies have shown that ethnic and religious diversity is poor when missing openness to other communities. On the other hand, this diversity, as it is the case throughout Central and South-Eastern Europe, reveals the less desirable realities. Today we are talking about discrimination, marginalization, low-status minorities, peripheral societies, inequitable distribution of resources; therefore, we can conclude that the majority-minority relations management highlights the demographic aspect (quantity) and the sociological aspect, i.e. the distribution of authority and power.

Keywords: ethnicity; religion; intercultural dialogue; European border space; EU; community; majority and minority (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 F5 J15 J16 N3 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011, Revised 2011
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Published in Eurolimes Mircea Brie, Ioan Horga, Sorin Şipoş, Ethnicity, Confession and Intercultural Dialogue at the European Union’s East Border, Editura Universităţii din Oradea/Editura Universităţii din Debrecen, supliment Eurolimes, Oradea/Debrecen.Suppli(2011): pp. 11-18

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