Zoltán Kántor: Kin-State Responsibility: From Feeling to Bearing
Publikálva: HUNGARIAN JOURNAL OF MINORITY STUDIES VOL. VIII, 2025
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Kin-State Responsibility: From Feeling to Bearing
This article analyzes the evolution of Hungarian kin-state policy since the democratic transition, situating it within the broader European process of national re-institutionalization. It conceptualizes kin-state policy as a distinct field of state activity through which responsibility toward co-nationals living beyond state borders is articulated and operationalized. The study examines the constitutional and legal foundations of this responsibility, with particular emphasis on citizenship, voting rights, and the institutionalization of transborder nationhood. It further explores the administrative structures, diaspora policy instruments, and support mechanisms designed to sustain collective identity, community reproduction, and socio-economic viability among Hungarian communities abroad. The article argues that Hungarian kin-state policy exemplifies a broader transformation in state–nation relations in post-Cold War Europe. It concludes that transborder nation-building has become a stable and enduring component of contemporary statehood.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.62152/hjms.2025.kz
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AUTHOR:
Zoltán KÁNTOR
Political scientist; director, Research Institute for Hungarian Communities Abroad; associate professor, head of the Institute of International Studies and Political Science, Pázmány Péter Catholic University
