national populism and slovak – hungarian relations in - MEK

ContentNational Populism and Slovak – Hungarian Relations in Slovakia 2006 – 2009. Forum Minority Research Institute Šamorín – Somorja, 2009Year 2008: Strengthening Slovak National IdentityLeads to déjà vu of 1993–1998 ........................................................75Year 2009: Reaching the Historical Bottom or Hopingfor Improvement?...............................................................................81Conclusion................................................................................................92Kálmán Petõcz: National Populism and Electoral Behaviour....................99Defining the Terms of Southern Slovakia, EthnicallyMixed Territory and Territory Inhabitedby Ethnic Hungarians ......................................................................104Electoral Behaviour of Slovaks Living on EthnicallyMixed Territories .............................................................................109Comparison of Presidential Elections in 2009 and ParliamentaryElections in 2006 in Southern Slovakia on the Levelof Districts........................................................................................111Comparison of Presidential Elections in 2009 and 1999 on theLevel of Districts .............................................................................119Comparison of Presidential Elections in 2009 and ParliamentaryElections in 2006 in Southern Slovakia on the Levelof Municipalities ..............................................................................126Electoral Behaviour Patterns of Slovaks from Micro-Regionsin South-Western Slovakia..............................................................126Electoral Behaviour Patterns of Slovaks from Micro-Regionsin Central and Eastern Part of Southern Slovakia ........................136Electoral Behaviour of Residents of Towns Locatedon Ethnically Mixed Territory ........................................................146Electoral behaviour of ethnic Hungarians............................................157Conclusion..............................................................................................160Zsuzsanna Mészáros–Lampl: Magyars and Slovaks in SouthernSlovakia – Exercising Language Rights ..............................................167Dominant Communication Language ...................................................168Family Communication in Respondents’ Childhood...........................168Family Communication Today .............................................................170Extra-Family or Public Communication Today...................................173Slovaks’ Views Regarding Opportunities to Use their NativeLanguage in Southern Slovakia ......................................................176Discrimination and its Causes ..............................................................1786