György Schöpflin
is Hungarian MEP (Fidesz-EPP) and former Jean Monnet Professor of Politics, University College London. His publications include: Politics in Eastern Europe 1945-1992, 1993; Nations, Identity, Power, 2000; and The Dilemmas of Identity, 2005.
Eurozine Articles
Democracy, populism, and the political crisis in Hungary
A response to Thomas von Ahn
In Hungary, it is not a question of whether history has been instrumentalized by politics, but of whether one approves of how it has been instrumentalized, argues György Schöpflin. [more]
Nationhood, modernity, democracy
Manifestations of national identity in modern Europe
The authority of states is increasingly eroded by the decline of party politics and effects of globalization. In this context, articulations of ethnic identity will find ever stronger expression. [more]





