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Sender: "Britt Elliott" <[email protected]>
Subject: New book on Minorities and Migration in Eastern Europe
Managing Diversity in Plural Societies: Minorities, Migration and
Nation-Building in Post-Communist Europe
Edited by Magda Opalski
Forum Eastern Europe
374 pp., with index
CDN $35.00, or US $24.00 (plus postage)
ABSTRACT: This book is a collection of essays on minority rights and
migration issues that have arisen since the collapse of communism in Eastern
Europe and the Former Soviet Union. The first set of essays is devoted to
minority issues in newly emerging states, and relationship of ethnopolitics
to the nation-building process. The next section looks at the effects of
migration policies and processes on political stability in post-communist
countries. The contributors to this volume provide case studies from
Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Macedonia, Moldova, Russia, Slovakia,
and the Former Yugoslavia,
A secondary goal of the book is to examine whether Canadian and other models
of ethnic pluralism can inform the minority rights debates in other parts of
the world.. To this end, two essays Steven Lee, another by Will Kymlicka -
look at how recent work by Canadian and other "Western" political theorists
may or may not apply to the specific cases discussed by the contributors.
The book is in English, with summaries in Russian.
For a copies, contact: Forum Eastern Europe, 88 Bowhill Avenue, Nepean,
Ontario K2E 6S7, Canada.
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] .
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Part I: Introduction:
Federalism and Nation-Building: Is the Canadian Experience Relevant for
Eastern Europe? by Steven Lee.
Part II: Ethnopolitics and Nation-Building
A. Emerging Ethnic Democracy in Estonia and Latvia, by Vello Pettai
B. The Problem of Citizenship in Latvia, by Aina Antane and Boris Tsilevich
C. Language in a Multicultural Community: The Case Of Daugavpils, by
Miroslav Mitrofonov
D. The Cossack Revival: Rebuilding an Identity in the New Russia, by Magda
Opalski
E. Nationalities Policy and Potential for Inter-Ethnic Conflict in Ukraine,
by John Jaworsky
F. The Gagauz in Moldova and Their Road to Autonomy, by Paula Thompson
G. The Hungarian Minority in Slovakia: Conflict over Autonomy, by Silvia
Mihailova
H. Macedonia: State and Identity in an Unstable Regional Environment, by
Francesco Strazzari
Part III: Migration and Political Stability
A. Politics of Refugee Resettlement in the Former Yugoslavia, by Mihailo
Crnobrnja
B. Hungary's Migration Policy, 1987-1996: External Influences and Domestic
Imperatives, by Natalie Zend
C. The Migration Process in Bulgaria, by Ilona Tomova
D. Does Russia Have a Migration Policy? by Irina Gavrilova
E. Krasnodar Krai: Migration, Nationalism and Regionalist Rhetoric, by
Aleksander Ossipov
Part IV: Conclusion: Ethnic Relations and Western Political Theory, by Will
Kymlicka
V. Article Summaries (in Russian), by Boris Tsilevich
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