Ethnonationalism and Political Systems in Europe: A State of TensionIn the last five years, fifteen new European states have been created on the basis of claims by previously little-known ethnonational groups. This book explains this development. It examines the cases of four European states (Bulgaria, the former Czechoslovakia, Belgium, and Finland) and focuses particularly on the impact of political systems on the development of ethnonational relations. |
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THE STATE AND ETHNONATIONALISM | 19 |
THE DESIGN OF THE STUDY | 45 |
THE DENIAL OF ETHNONATIONAL DIVERSITY | 59 |
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