Dyroff, Stefan (2013). Avant-garde or supplement? Advisory bodies of transnational associations as alternatives to the League’s Minority Protection System, 1919-1939. Diplomacy & Statecraft, 24(2), pp. 192-208. Taylor & Francis 10.1080/09592296.2013.789767
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)This exegesis focuses on the work of minority committees of transnational associations in the interwar period. Most of their members considered the League system to be inefficient and supported the establishment of non-state alternatives, which included private investigations on the spot, publicity for specific problems of minorities, and attempts to reconcile representatives of ethnic minorities with those of the majority. Members of non-involved states were pre-destined especially to act as neutral moderators. Only those in close contact with League officials avoided being misused by political forces that did not seek reconciliation but border revision. They learnt that the League rules looked inadequate from the outside but turned out to be useful in coming to applicable solutions once they started their own alternative methods. Their publications and investigative journeys turned out to deepen the problems, whilst their reconciliation work became an appreciated supplement of the League system.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of History |
UniBE Contributor: |
Dyroff, Stefan |
Subjects: |
900 History 900 History > 940 History of Europe |
ISSN: |
0959-2296 |
Publisher: |
Taylor & Francis |
Funders: |
[4] Swiss National Science Foundation |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Stefan Dyroff |
Date Deposited: |
08 Apr 2014 10:57 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:31 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1080/09592296.2013.789767 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/45973 |
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