Munich Personal RePEc Archive Ethnicity, Confession and Intercultural Dialogue at the European Union’s East Border Brie, Mircea and Horga, Ioan and Şipoş, Sorin University of Oradea, Romania 2011 Online at https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/44082/ MPRA Paper No. 44082, posted 31 Jan 2013 05:28 UTC ETHNICITY, CONFESSION AND INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AT THE EUROPEAN UNION EASTERN BORDER ETHNICITY, CONFESSION AND INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AT THE EUROPEAN UNION EASTERN BORDER Mircea BRIE Ioan HORGA Sorin ŞIPOŞ (Coordinators) Debrecen/Oradea 2011 This present volume contains the papers of the international conference Ethnicity, Confession and Intercultural Dialogue at the European Union‟s East Border, held in Oradea between 2nd-5th of June 2011, organized by Institute for Euroregional Studies Oradea-Debrecen, University of Oradea and Department of International Relations and European Studies, with the support of the European Commission and Bihor County Council. CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY STUDIES Mircea BRIE Ethnicity, Religion and Intercultural Dialogue in the European Border Space.......11 Ioan HORGA Ethnicity, Religion and Intercultural Education in the Curricula of European Studies .......19 MINORITY AND MAJORITY IN THE EASTERN EUROPEAN AREA Victoria BEVZIUC Electoral Systems and Minorities Representations in the Eastern European Area........31 Sergiu CORNEA, Valentina CORNEA Administrative Tools in the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Ethnic Minorities .............................................................................................................47 Florica ŞTEFĂNESCU Demographic Determinants of the Economic-Financial Crisis .............................53 Yuriy YURIYCHUK Ukrainian Minority in Romania: Problems of National Identity Preserving ..........73 Sonia CATRINA Identity Perceptions and Buildings of the Hungarian Minority in Relationship with the Romanian Majority Identifications ..........................................................83 Gheorghe ŞIŞEŞTEAN Marital Strategies and Identity Changes of Romanians in Hungary (Hajdu-Bihar) ........................................................................................... 103 Constantin-Vasile ŢOCA Ethnical Analysis within Bihor-Hajdú Bihar Euroregion .....................................125 Anna GORBAN Ethnic and Socio-Cultural Aspects of Political Culture in Moldova ....................133 Mircea BRIE, István POLGÁR Dual Citizenship Granted to Hungarian Ethnics. Context and Arguments in the Romanian and Hungarian Mass Media ................................................................151 5 Natalia PUTINĂ The Socio-Political Dilemas of Integration of Gagauz in Republic of Moldova .. 163 Aurelian LAVRIC Romanian Ethnic Minority in Ukraine: Current Issues and Prospects of Survival ............................................................................................................. 179 Stelian NISTOR, Sorin ŞIPOŞ Historical and Geographical Considerations about the Slovak Communities in the Villages of Upper Bistra Valley, Bihor County ............................................. 191 THE PHENOMENON OF MIGRATION IN EUROPE Judit MOLNÁR The integration Process of Immigrants in Scotland, UK and in Washington State, USA. Immigrants from Countries of the Former Soviet Union ................ 201 Valeriu MOSNEAGA, Rodica RUSU Diaspora as an Element of Cultural-Ethnic Cohesion ........................................ 217 Valentina-Tania DUNA, Dacian DUNA War, Migration and Societal Security: The Case of the Iraqi Kurdish Diasporas in Europe .......................................................................................................... 233 Adrian-Claudiu POPOVICIU Labour Migration Reflected in the Council of Europe Law ................................ 247 Alexandra CSEKE Integration of Immigrants in the European Union ............................................. 261 Kobasheni Moopen PARUMAUL Migration in Europe Against the Backdrop of the Global Revolution – An African Perspective ............................................................................................ 279 MANAGING INTERETHNIC RELATIONS AND EUROPEEAN SECURITY Anatoliy KRUGLASOV Interethnic Relations Stability on the Ukraine-Romania Border: A Case of Chernivtsi Region .............................................................................................. 299 Dorin I. DOLGHI The Culture of Security: Perceptions and Preference Formation in the European Union ................................................................................................................ 321 Srimayee DAM Re-interpreting the Civic-Ethnic Divide on the European Identity .....................331 Pavlo MOLOCHKO Peculiarities of Ethnonational Policy of Ukraine (Illustrated by the Example of the Chernivtsi Region) ........................................................................................345 Dragoş DĂRĂBĂNEANU Ethnicity and Multicultural Communication in Shaping the European Social Space ..................................................................................................................359 Grigore SILAŞI, Monica BOLDEA The Romanian Banat Region – An Example of Peaceful Interethnic Cohabitation at the Eastern Border of the European Union ...............................367 Floare CHIPEA, Raluca MICLEA The Social Frameworks of the Neighbourhood Relationships` Construction in the Cross-Border Area Bihor-Hajdú-Bihár ..........................................................379 Sergiu BĂLŢĂTESCU Subjective Well-Being and Satisfaction with Places of Residence in the Counties at the Cross-Border Between Hungary and Romania................................................399 Aurora BENCIC, Teodor Ioan HODOR Transdniestria. Ethnic Conflict or Geopolitical Interests? ...................................407 Ecaterina CEBAN The Role of Political Parties in Harmonization of Interethnic Relations (Case of the Republic of Moldova) ...................................................................................421 Nataliya NECHAYEVA-YURIYCHUK National Development Beyond the Nation-State: Problems and Prospects .........437 Elisabetta NADALUTTI Old and New Identities in the Upper Adriatic: is a Cross-Border Kind of Citizenship Emerging in Cross-Border Regions? ....................................................455 Dragos Lucian IVAN Differentiated Containment: Compass and Horizon in Untying Ethhnicity and Interest within EU ..............................................................................................477 Claudia Anamaria IOV The Roma Minority - the Prospects and Limits of EU‘s Social Policy, what Could or Should the EU be Doing? ....................................................................489 George ANGLIŢOIU The Belgian Dilemma of Partition. A Pattern Study for the East ........................497 7 INTRODUCTORY STUDIES ETHNICITY, RELIGION AND INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE IN THE EUROPEAN BORDER SPACE Mircea BRIE* 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. 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 * PhD, Department of European Studies and International Relations, Faculty of History, Geography and International Relations, University of Oradea, e-mail: [email protected] 11 Mircea BRIE 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. The current context of crisis, which is not only a financial and economic crisis, but also a political, social, mental, and even ideological crisis, shows a throw at the forefront of discussions, on the one hand, of the need to strengthen the dialogue and on the other hand, the