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Emigration: Emigration is the act of leaving one's native country or region to permanently settle in another. It involves the voluntary departure of individuals or groups from their homeland. See also Refugees._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Ivan Krastev on Emigration - Dictionary of Arguments
Krastev I 32 Emigration/post-communist Eastern Europe/Krastev: The dream of a collective return of formerly communist countries to Europe made the individual choice to abscond abroad both logical and legitimate. Why should a young Pole or Hungarian wait for his country to become one day like Germany, when he can start working and raising a family in Germany tomorrow? When borders were opened after 1989, exit was favoured over voice (>Emigration/Hirschman) because political reform requires the sustained cooperation of many organized social interests, while the choice to emigrate is basically a solo or single-family operation, even though (like a bank run) it can become a cascade. The mistrust of ethno-nationalist loyalties and the prospect of a politically united Europe also helped make emigration the political choice for many liberal-minded Central and East Europeans. This, alongside the vanishing of anti-communist dissidents, is again why Michnik’s moral excoriation of emigration lost all moral and emotional resonance after 1989. >Emigration/Michnik._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Krastev I Ivan Krastev Stephen Holmes The Light that Failed: A Reckoning London 2019 |