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.CONTENTS:List of TablesAcknowledgementsNotes on the ContributorsIntroduction; Minority, Languages, Ethnicity and the State in Post-1989 Eastern Europe; C. O'ReillyLanguage, Nationalism and the Yugoslav Successor States; R.GreenbergDebating Language: The Bulgarian Communities in Romania after 1989; R. GuentchevaFrom Irredentism to Constructive Reconciliation? Germany and its Minorities in Poland and the Czech Republic; S.WolffLanguage Ideology and Language Conflict in Post-Soviet Belarus; C.WoolhiserThe Politics of Language in Moldova; T.HegartyEthnic Discrimination in Latvia; J.DobsonLanguage, Nation and State-building in Ukraine: The Jewish Response; R.GolbertBibliographyIndexABOUT THE AUTHORCAMILLE O. REILLY is a Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Richmond, the American International University in London. She is the author ofThe Irish Language in Northern Ireland: The Politics and Culture ofIdentity and of many articles on nationalism, the Irish language andNorthern Ireland.To order this book or to browse our fully searchable on-line catalogue, please visit our website at http://www.palgrave.com