The Balkans : minorities and states in conflict
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The Balkans : minorities and states in conflict
Minority Rights Publications, 1993
New ed
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- : pbk
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Previous ed.: London : Minority Rights Group, 1991
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In this book the author describes the situations for the minorities of Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, and for other significant minorities in the region, from both an historical and current perspective. Yugoslavia, the least ethnically-homogenous state in Europe, is fast disintegrating. Slovenia and Croatia have voted for independence whilst a hard-line Serbian government threatens further repression against its Albanian minority. In Bulgaria the forced assimilation of ethnic Turks contributed to the overthrow of the Zhivkov regime in 1989. Ethnic Greeks in Albania have played a significant role in opposing a repressive regime, while in Greece itself hitherto minorities are now seeking cultural rights. This edition brings the book up-to-date to the end of 1992. The author analyzes how the turbulent developments in the Balkans during 1991 and 1992 continue to affect the minorities of the region. Topics of importance covered in this edition include the disintegration of Yugoslavia, the Bosnian crisis, Vojvodina and the refugee problem, developments in Sandzak, Kosova and Macedonia, nationalism in Greece and an update on other states in the region.
Hugh Poulton is a specialist in human rights in Eastern Europe and has travelled extensively in the Balkans. He is the author of the MRG reports on minorities in the Balkans and Romania's ethnic Hungarians. This book is designed to be of interest to students of Eastern Europe studies, Central Europe studies, Slavonic studies, Hellenic studies, conflict studies and human rights studies as well as policy-makers and researchers.
Table of Contents
- Yugoslavia in outline
- the Serbs
- the Catholic north - Croats and Slovenes
- the Muslims, Montenegrins and Macedonians
- Albanians of Kosovo
- Roma, Turks, Hungarians, Vlahs and others
- pressure points
- Bulgaria and its minorities
- Bulgaria's ethnic Turks
- Greece and its minorities
- Albania and its minorities
- Jews of the Balkans.
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