Can liberal pluralism be exported? : Western political theory and ethnic relations in Eastern Europe / edited by Will Kymlicka and Magda Opalski.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Liberal pluralism and post-communism / George Schöpflin -- Rethinking the state, minorities, and national security / Urszula Doroszewska -- On the chances of ethnocultural justice in east central Europe / Tibor Várady -- Nation-states and immigrant societies / Michael Walzer -- New democracies in the old world / Boris Tsilevich -- Some doubts about "ethnocultural justice" / Alexander Ossipov -- Reflections on minority rights politics for east central European countries / Panayote Dimitras and Nafsika Papanikolatos -- Territorial autonomy as a minority rights regime in post-communist countries / Pål Kolstø -- Nation-building and beyond / János Kis -- Ethnocultural justice in east European states and the case of the Czech Roma / Pavel Barša -- Definitions and discourse: applying Kymlicka's models to Estonia and Latvia / Vello Pettai-- Universal thought, eastern facts: scrutinizing national minority rights in Romania / Gabriel Andreescu -- Perspectives on a liberal-pluralist approach to ethnic minorities in Ukraine / Volodymyr Fesenko -- Can Will Kymlicka be exported to Russia? / Magda Opalski -- Nation-building, culture, and problems of ethnocultural identity in central Asia: the case of Uzbekistan / Aleksander Djumaev.

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Annotation Many post-communist countries in Central/Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are being encouraged and indeed pressured by Western countries to improve their treatment of ethnic and national minorities, and to adopt Western models of minority rights. But what are these Western models, and will they work in Eastern Europe? In the first half of this volume, Will Kymlicka describes a model of 'liberal pluralism' which has gradually emerged in most Western democracies, and discusses whatwould be involved in adopting it in Eastern Europe. This is followed by 15 commentaries from people actively involved in minority rights issues in the region, as practitioners or academics, and by Kymlicka's reply. This volume will be of interest to anyone concerned with ethnic conflict in Eastern Europe, and with the more general question of whether Western liberal values can or should be promoted in the rest of the world.

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