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Mick, Christoph (2019) Legality, ethnicity and violence in Austrian Galicia, 1890-1920. European Review of History, 26 (5). pp. 757-782. doi:10.1080/13507486.2019.1641693
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/13507486.2019.1641693
Abstract
Using the example of the Austrian crownland ‘Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria’, the essay addresses the question to what extent the imperial framework was capable of containing ethnic conflicts. In the last decades before the war, Austria-Hungary developed a culture of compromise and legality which provided a space for the development of national movements. The second and third part of the essay deal with the consequences of the war for ethnic relations and the legitimacy of imperial rule. The atrocities against civilians committed by Austro-Hungarian and Russian soldiers accustomed the population to violence and lowered the threshold for the use of force to further own interests. The last part discusses how the end of the imperial framework and the changes to the international context contributed to a downward spiral of violence and the delineation of ethnic boundaries. The demise of Austria-Hungary brought a collapse of public order and chaotic violence. It led to the Polish–Ukrainian war and antisemitic excesses. The victorious Polish authorities were no impartial arbiters and put the interests of the Polish nation and state above all else. The Entente, and later the League of Nations, were incapable of providing a political framework for a negotiated solution of the Polish–Ukrainian conflict as, unlike Austria, they lacked both the ability and the will to enforce it.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DB Austria D History General and Old World > DK Russia. Soviet Union. Former Soviet Republics H Social Sciences > HM Sociology J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) -- Politics and government -- 19th century. , Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) -- Politics and government -- 20th century. , Austria--Politics and government--18th century, Austria--Politics and government--20th century, Ethnic conflict -- Galicia (Poland and Ukraine), Antisemitism -- Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | European Review of History | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1469-8293 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 5 August 2019 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 26 | ||||||
| Number: | 5 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 757-782 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/13507486.2019.1641693 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Publisher Statement: | “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in European Review of History on 05/08/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13507486.2019.1641693 | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
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