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    STUDIA EUROPAEA - Issue no. 3 / 2007  
         
  Article:   TRAVEL AND IMAGES: HOW TO OVERCOME PREJUDICES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS?.

Authors:  ENRIQUE BANÚS . 		 
       
         
  Abstract:  “Wer den Dichter will verstehn, Muss in Dichters Lande gehn” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) Prejudices do exist. And they are a part of International (and furthermore of Inter-ethnic and Inter-Confessional) Relations. They can play an essential role. At least since the 18th century, writers, philosophers and also the common people were convinced that travel is a good way to overcome prejudices, to introduce dialogue instead of stereotypes. And that dialogue could contribute to the comprehension of “the other”. In the European Union, mainly programs related with the University and, more generally with the young people, are based on this philosophy: they have to travel (to exchange), in order to know “the other” in the real situation. Is all this true? Is travel really contributing to the knowledge, to the establishment of relations which overcome prejudices, which open for alterity? Some examples from former centuries seem on the contrary to suggest that travel can confirm prejudices. Under which conditions can travel be a positive element for transfrontier contacts? THE IMPACT OF THE FRAMEWORK CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES ON DOMESTIC PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES– A RATIONALIST/CONSTRUCTIVIST APPROACH George-Tudor Florea Abstract The current thesis attempts to illustrate the impact of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities (FCNM) on the domestic public administration’s practices in the Central and Eastern Europe region analyzed in direct relation with the states’ compliance with it. Furthermore, it provides an assessment of the FCNM document in both its theoretical implications as well as on its practice while evaluating its possibilities to reach effective norm empowerment at the states’ public administration level.  
         
     
         
         
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