{"product_id":"german-minorities-in-europe-ethnic-identity-and-cultural-belonging-9781571815040","title":"German Minorities in Europe: Ethnic Identity and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe study of ethnic minorities and their role in the domestic politics of their host states has long attracted scholars from a wide range of disciplines in the social sciences and humanities. By contrast, national (or external) minorities, have been under-represented in the literature on ethnic minorities, although the interest has increased since the collapse of communism and more recently since the eruption of violent conflict in Kosovo. Ethnic Germans in particular, although still numbering millions and spread over twenty countries in western, central, and eastern Europe, have attracted only little attention.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThis volume addresses the issue of Germany's external minorities, exploring the complex interrelationship between their ethnic identity and sense of cultural belonging on the one hand, and the political, economic, legal, and social situation in their respective societies, on the other. Leading specialists, representing a wide spectrum of viewpoints on the social and political conditions under which German minorities live today, provide case studies of all the major individual minority groups. In this way, a comprehensive picture of Germans and German culture in Europe emerges that provides both historical and contemporary perspectives on a diaspora community with an uncertain future between assimilation, segregation, and emigration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"The present volume is highly informative in that it provides a good and highly readable overview of the history and political situation of German populations all over Europe.\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003e  · International Migration Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e\"... an excellent and informative book, well-written, and essential reading for anyone interested in the fate of Europe's regional cultural minorities.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  · H-German\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Culture, Identity, and Distinction: Ethnic Minorities between Scylla and Charybdis\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eW. Bergem\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e A National Minority with a Transethnic Identity: The German Minority in Denmark\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eK. M. Pedersen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e The German Speaking Minority of Belgium\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eB. Donaldson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Ethnolinguistic Vitality of Alsatian-Speakers in Southern Alsace\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eJ. Broadbridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e South Tyrol: Re-Thinking Ethnolinguistic Vitality\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eA. Schweigkofler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e Poland's German Minority\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eK. Cordell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e The Carpathian Germans\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eL. P. Marcus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e The Ethnolinguistic Vitality of German-speaking Communities in Central Europe\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eP. Stevenson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e Bilingualism among Ethnic Germans in Hungary\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eP. H. Nelde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e The Unfortunate Minority Group: Yugoslavia's Banat Germans\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eR. Wagner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Ethnic Germans in Russia and the Former Soviet Union\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eG. Stricker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Changing Priorities or Changing Opportunities? German External Minority Policy, 1919-1998\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eS. Wolff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/b\u003e The Status of German Minorities in Bilateral Agreements of the Federal Republic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eH.-J. Heintze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/b\u003e German Minorities in East and West: A Comparative Overview and Outlook\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003ci\u003eS. Wolff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tNotes on Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041421918551,"sku":"9781571815040","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/german-minorities-in-europe-ethnic-identity-and-cultural-belonging-9781571815040","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}