Language, Ethnicity and the State, Volume 2

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.

...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

JOHN DOBSON Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations, University of SalfordREBECCA GOLBERT Doctoral Candidate in Social Anthropology, University of OxfordROBERT GREENBERG Associate Professor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina, Chapel HillROSSITZA GUENTCHEVA Ph.D. Candidate, University of CambridgeTHOMAS HEGARTY Professor of History, University of Tampa, FloridaSTEFAN WOLFF DAAD Lecturer in Modern German Studies, University of KeeleCURT WOOLHISER Assistant Professor of Slavic Linguistics, University of Texas, Austin