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Minorities : the new Europe's old issue

Title: Minorities : the new Europe's old issue / edited by Ian M. Cuthbertson and Jane Leibowitz ; with a foreword by Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
Publication: Prague ; New York : Institute for EastWest Studies ; Boulder, Colo. : Distributed by Westview Press, ©1993.

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xii, 322 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Carnage in the former Yugoslavia, the break-up of Czechoslovakia, the return of anti-Semitism throughout Eastern Europe, attacks on foreigners in Germany, indeed the resurgence of xenophobic nationalism in many parts of the continent, east and west. All of this lends testimony to the fact that attitudes towards, and in some cases the behavior of, minorities is once again threatening the political stability of Europe. The question of minority rights - if minorities should enjoy group rights and if so what the concomitant responsibilities are - is one that lies at the center of the political debate in Europe. The contributors to Minorities: The New Europe's Old Issue address virtually all of the ethnic questions that threaten post-Cold War Europe's security. The studies include examination of country-specific groups such as ethnic Russians in the "near abroad" (successor states in the Former Soviet Union) and the political development of minorities in Bulgaria, discussion of the situation of one prominent transnational minority - the Jews, the role of both international institutions and governments (including local governments) in alleviating inter-ethnic tension and safeguarding minority rights and a provocative piece on the international terrorism that could arise if the minority questions are not settled

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Genre/Form

conference paper.
reference.
document de conférence.
référence bibliographique.
documento de conferencia.
referencia.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Foreword / Joseph S. Nye, Jr. -- Introduction / Ian M. Cuthbertson and Jane Leibowitz -- 1. New Legal Ramifications of the Question of National Minorities / Ivan Gyurcsik -- 2. Success in the Balkans? A Case Study of Ethnic Relations in the Republic of Macedonia / Robert W. Mickey and Adam Smith Albion -- 3. Paradox of Freedom: The "Jewish Question" in Postcommunist East Central Europe / Andre W.M. Gerrits -- 4. Democracy Building in Ethnically Diverse Societies: The Cases of Bulgaria and Romania / Ivanka Nedeva -- 5. The Problem of Ethnic Minority Rights Protection in the Newly Independent States / Alexander A. Konovalov and Dmitri Evstafiev -- 6. Can Decentralization Solve Russia's Ethnic Problems? / Nicolai N. Petro -- 7. A Call for Confidence-Building Measures for Minorities in Eastern Europe / Andrzej Karkoszka -- 8. The Failure to Recognize Minority Rights and Claims: Political Violence/Terrorism in the East and West / Richard Allan -- 9. The International Community and Forms of Intervention in the Field of Minority Rights Protection / Koen Koch -- 10. Codification of Minority Rights / Istvan Ijgyarto -- 11. Preventing Ethnic Conflict in the New Europe: The CSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities / Konrad J. Huber.

ISBN

0813321999
9780813321998
0913449377
9780913449370

LCCN

93038402

OCLC

ocm29223935
29223935
SCSB-2015328

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Princeton University Library