Language, Ethnicity and the State, Volume 2: Minority Languages in Eastern Europe Post-1989

by C. O'Reilly (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333929247
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	09/05/2001
Series:	Language, Ethnicity and the State Series
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	228
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

List of Tables Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; Minority, Languages, Ethnicity and the State in Post-1989 Eastern Europe; C. O'Reilly Language, Nationalism and the Yugoslav Successor States; R.Greenberg Debating Language: The Bulgarian Communities in Romania after 1989; R. Guentcheva From Irredentism to Constructive Reconciliation? Germany and its Minorities in Poland and the Czech Republic; S.Wolff Language Ideology and Language Conflict in Post-Soviet Belarus; C.Woolhiser The Politics of Language in Moldova; T.Hegarty Ethnic Discrimination in Latvia; J.Dobson Language, Nation and State-building in Ukraine: The Jewish Response; R.Golbert Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

...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

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