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Language, Ethnicity and the State, Volume 2

Minority Languages in Eastern Europe Post-1989

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  • © 2001

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  1. Camille C. O’Reilly

    1. Richmond College, The American International University, London, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction: Minority Languages, Ethnicity and the State in Post-1989 Eastern Europe

    • Camille C. O’Reilly
    Pages 1-16

  3. Language, Nationalism and the Yugoslav Successor States

    • Robert D. Greenberg
    Pages 17-43

  4. Debating Language: the Bulgarian Communities in Romania after 1989

    • Rossitza Guentcheva
    Pages 44-65

  5. From Irredentism to Constructive Reconciliation? Germany and its Minorities in Poland and the Czech Republic

    • Stefan Wolff
    Pages 66-90

  6. Language Ideology and Language Conflict in Post-Soviet Belarus

    • Curt Woolhiser
    Pages 91-122

  7. The Politics of Language in Moldova

    • Thomas J. Hegarty
    Pages 123-154

  8. Ethnic Discrimination in Latvia

    • John Dobson
    Pages 155-188

  9. Language, Nation and State-building in Ukraine: the Jewish Response

    • Rebecca Golbert
    Pages 189-212

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 213-228
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The political and social upheavals following 1989 have had a significant impact on the minority languages of Eastern Europe. There have been attempts at enlightened treatment of minority linguistic groups in some of the new states but in others such groups have been openly oppressed. This volume draws on sociologically and ethnographically oriented work from a number of disciplines to allow the reader to compare developments in the different states, and to examine the interplay of language issues, ethnic nationalism, and processes of state formation and restructuring in the various political and historical contexts of Central and Eastern Europe. A companion volume (0-333-92925-X) examines the status of minority languages in the European Union.

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...these two volumes offer a superior introduction to the politics of language in Europe and valuable insights to all who work on language, culture and power in the US...highly recommended to all serious readers. Choice

Editors and Affiliations

  • Richmond College, The American International University, London, UK

    Camille C. O’Reilly

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JOHN DOBSON Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations, University of Salford REBECCA GOLBERT Doctoral Candidate in Social Anthropology, University of Oxford ROBERT GREENBERG Associate Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ROSSITZA GUENTCHEVA Ph.D. Candidate, University of Cambridge THOMAS HEGARTY Professor of History, University of Tampa, Florida STEFAN WOLFF DAAD Lecturer in Modern German Studies, University of Keele CURT WOOLHISER Assistant Professor of Slavic Linguistics, University of Texas, Austin

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