Alternative diplomacy and the political role of clerical elites: The Roman Catholic Church as an ideological counterforce in interwar Banat
Alternative diplomacy and the political role of clerical elites: The Roman Catholic Church as an ideological counterforce in interwar Banat
Author(s): Mihai Adrian PanuSubject(s): Politics, Governance
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: AUGUSTIN PACHA; BANAT; NS-IDEOLOGY; DIPLOMACY; PROPAGANDA; CATHOLIC CHURCH;
Summary/Abstract: In interwar Romania, non-political institutions played a decisive role in the process of containing the expansion of totalitarian ideologies. The two major colliding ideological forces, National Socialism and Communism, rapidly reshaped the European sociopolitical profile after World War I and caused an unprecedented long-term deterioration of various intergovernmental relations. The Banat region was systematically exposed to external ideological factors due to the fact that its heterogeneous ethno-cultural profile allowed a rapid proliferation of political ideas and programs.
Journal: Polish Political Science Yearbook
- Issue Year: 48/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 347-358
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English