%0 Journal Article
%T The politics of self-identity in the Balkans. The role of church-state relations in forming a new com-union
%A Anca Parmena Olimid
%J Revista de Stiinte Politice
%D 2011
%I 
%X This paper aims at identifying the main talking points of the Balkans collective identity assuming the hypothesis that recognizes its character of a unique phenomenon. The orientation of the paper towards a broader context of scientific analysis allows the possibility of the avoidance of a political, historical, legal, and not least, religious determinism focused on the year 1989: the moment of the collapse of the ˇ°communist blocˇ±. The working hypothesis starts from the observation attributing to the changes of the social practices. In this situation, the paper allows a detailed exposition of the theoretical and practical elements of the evolution and role of Church-State relations in forming a collective identity in the Balkans. As to the structural dimension of the political myth-making the analysis converges towards the acceptance of the following components: social practices and relations, national self-conscience and minority condition, religious freedom and migration experience.
%K identity
%K Balkans
%K church
%K state
%K com-union.
%U http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/files/revista%20de%20stiinte%20politice%20nr%2029.pdf