Minority Rights in Central and Eastern Europe

Minority Rights in Central and Eastern Europe
Author: Bernd Rechel
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2010-06
Genre: Europe, Central
ISBN: 0415590310

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe, covering all the countries of the region that have joined the EU since 2004, including Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Slovakia, Romania and Bulgaria.

Linguistic Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe

Linguistic Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe
Author: Christina Bratt Paulston
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1998
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781853594168

This text aims to provide an introductory study of linguistic minorities in Central and Eastern Europe taking into account historical development, present situation, language maintenance and shift as well as language and educational policies of each country included in this study.

Region, State and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe

Region, State and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe
Author: Judy Batt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2013-01-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136343164

The papers that comprise this collection examine the role of competing European, national, ethnic and regional identities over the introduction of new regional levels of government in the former Soviet and now Central and Eastern European states.

Minority Integration in Central Eastern Europe

Minority Integration in Central Eastern Europe
Author: Timofey Agarin
Publisher: Rodopi
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9042027339

The book presents a timely examination on a range of issues present in the discussions on the integration of ethnic minorities in Central Eastern Europe: norm setting, equality promotion, multiculturalism, nation-building, social cohesion, and ethnic diversity. It insightfully illustrates these debates by assessing them diachronically rather than cross-nationally from the legal, political and anthropological perspective. The contributors unpack concepts related to minority integration, discuss progress in policy-implementation and scrutinize the outcomes of minority integration in seven countries from the region. The volume is divided into three sections taking a multi-variant perspective on minority integration and equality. The volume starts with an analysis of international organizations setting standards and promoting minority rights norms on ethnic diversity and equal treatment. The second and third sections address state policies that provide fora for minority groups to participate in policy-making as well as the role of society and its various actors their development and enactment of integration concepts. The volume aims to assess the future of ethnic diversity and equality in societies across Central Eastern European states.

National Identities and Ethnic Minorities in Eastern Europe

National Identities and Ethnic Minorities in Eastern Europe
Author: Ray Taras
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2016-07-27
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1349265535

This volume provides a cross-national analysis of the changing identities of various national and ethnic groups, their new political influence in the emergent democracies and their efforts to revive suppressed cultures. It begins with a theoretical analysis of the concepts of national identity and ethnicity. It features case studies of contemporary Belarussian, Polish and Ukrainian national identities before turning to a study of Eastern Europe's hidden ethnic minorities, like the Finno-Ugric peoples in Russia, the Lemkos in Poland and the Gypsies in Bulgaria.