This volume provides a cross-national analysis of the changing identities of various national and ethnic groups, their new political influence in the emergent democracies and their efforts to revive suppressed cultures. It begins with a theoretical analysis of the concepts of national identity and ethnicity. It features case studies of contemporary Belarussian, Polish and Ukrainian national identities before turning to a study of Eastern Europe's hidden ethnic minorities, like the Finno-Ugric peoples in Russia, the Lemkos in Poland and the Gypsies in Bulgaria.
| ISBN: | 9780333695531 |
| Publication date: | 8th June 1998 |
| Author: | Ray Taras, International Council for Central and East European Studies, International Congress for Central and East European Studies |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan an imprint of Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 236 pages |
| Series: | International Council for Central and East European Studies |
| Genres: |
Politics and government Ethnic groups and multicultural studies Cultural studies Sociology Political science and theory |