Balkanization
“ Balkanization ”, also “ Lebanonization ” or “ Lebanization ”, are political slogans that are used to describe dismembrations in particular , but also secessions (detachment of individual parts of the country) from state structures. A generally negative attitude should be expressed.
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The term originally referred to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire , promoted by the major European powers , especially on the Balkan Peninsula during the 19th century. With the collapse of the dual monarchy after the First World War , further new states emerged, including Yugoslavia . As a result of the wars in Yugoslavia , this split up into smaller states.
In addition, the term is now used more widely for processes in which large structures disintegrate into many small ones. Another meaning is the decline of good morals analogous to the development of z. B. during the Yugoslav wars : the " Balkanization of behavior". In the core region itself, the term is used with fewer reservations.
"Balkan States"
“Balkan conditions” are equated with the rule of chaos , violence , backwardness and brutality . B. opposed to a "civilized" Europe. This connotation also occurs regularly in the border areas of the region, for example in Croatia and Romania . Norwegian neo-Nazis, who were interrogated as witnesses in the trial of the right-wing extremist , Islamophobic terrorist and mass murderer Anders Breivik , also launched a "Balkanization of Norway" in early June 2012.
Collective labor law
In collective labor law , the term (also English. Describes balkanization ) the concern that, in a departure from the industry association principle ( "Operation - a union" principle of collective unit ) and a possible consequent indiscriminate juxtaposition of collective agreements is a danger that it will There could be disruptions in industrial peace or a large increase in strikes.
Trivia
- The Anarchist Pogo Party of Germany (APPD) calls for a Balkanization of Germany in its election manifestos.
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- ↑ Eric J. Hobsbawm: Nations and Nationalism. Myth and reality since 1780 . 1990, p. 214.
- ^ Konrad Clewing, Oliver Jens Schmitt: Geschichte Südosteuropas. Verlag Friedrich Pustet, Regensburg 2012, p. 10
- ↑ welt.de ( dpa ), June 5, 2012: Neo-Nazi on the witness stand warns of "extermination" : "... On Tuesday they supported Breivik's statement that Norway was in a cultural war with Islam ..." (May 1, 2017)
- ^ Franz Gamillscheg: Collective labor law . Vol. 1, Munich 1997, p. 752 f.
- ↑ https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/dam/jcr/03a07e62-3de8-404c-b8f8-1098ab29beeb/appd.pdf