@misc{Székely_Tamás_Securing_2020, author={Székely, Tamás and Csernus-Lukács, Szilveszter}, volume={121}, editor={Hartzell, James. Ed.}, editor={Polska Akademia Nauk. Komitet Nauk Historycznych}, editor={Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla}, copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license}, address={Warszawa}, journal={Acta Poloniae Historica}, journal={Acta Poloniae Historica}, howpublished={online}, year={2020}, publisher={Instytut Historii PAN}, language={eng}, abstract={The multi-ethnic regions of the Habsburg Monarchy became increasingly perceived as places of instability and insecurity after the rise of competing national movements in the mid-nineteenth century. The antagonism between local national elites culminated after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867, as all pursued a course aimed at securing a favourable position. As actors of security, the local elites often and typically declared themselves and their respective nations to be existentially threatened and therefore with a legitimate claim to survive the challenges brought on by modern times. To investigate the security dilemmas of the local elites in two different regions of Austria-Hungary – namely in three city municipalities in Bács-Bodrog county in Southern Hungary; and in Vas, Sopron and Moson counties in western Hungary – this study combines methods of historical discourse analysis with approaches taken from security and nationalism studies as well as regional and local history.}, type={Text}, title={Securing Own Position: Challenges Faced by Local Elites after the Austro-Hungarian Compromise}, URL={http://www.rcin.org.pl/Content/138258/PDF/WA303_173065_A296-APH-R-121_Szekely.pdf}, keywords={elite (social sciences) - Austro-Hungary, Austro-Hungary - social conditions, Austro-Hungary - ethnic relations, security, securitisation, nationalism - Austro-Hungary, minorities, Hungary, Austria-Hungary, Habsburg empire, human security - social aspects, cultural security}, }