Politics of Identity

Through the analysis of examples taken from America, the Caribbean and Western and East-Central Europe, this book addresses one of the greatest challenges for the immediate future: the impact of migration, displacement and minority cultures and peoples within the space of larger multicultural states.

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ROBERT HUDSON is Senior Lecturer in European Studies (History and Politics) in the School of European and International Studies at the University of Derby. Formerly he taught at the Université de Haute Bretagne - Rennes II, France and spent a post-graduate scholarship year at the University of Sarajevo, SFRJ. Since 1994 he has been involved in a variety of activities in the Yugoslav successor states, including several missions with the OSCE and humanitarian aid organisations.

FRED RÉNO is Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the Université des Antilles et de la Guyane and is director of CRPLC (Centre de Recherche sur les Pouvoirs Locaux dans la Caribe). Formerly he was Senior Lecturer in Political Science at the Université de Haute Bretagne - Rennes II.

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Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors and Translators Introduction: Politics of Identity - Migrant States and Minorities in Multi-national States; R.Hudson & F.Réno PART ONE: STRATEGIES OF IDENTITY: MINORITIES IN THE AMERICAS, MIGRATION, AND THE CARIBBEAN IN EUROPE Migration and the Reconstruction of Identity: the Puerto Rican Example; J.Daniel Caribbean Identities in Europe: A Comparative Perspective; F.Réno The French Overseas Departments and the European Union; E. Jos Cultural Identity and Migrations; M.Giraud White Minority Culture in the Southern States: Southern Baptist Example; M.Newman PART TWO: ETHNO-REGIONAL IDENTITY AND NATIONAL SPACE IN EUROPE Minority Rights at Home and Abroad: A German Debate; K.Schönwälder Corsica and European Integration; C.Olivesi The Basque Country and Europe: Transfer of Power and the Sovereignty Issue; A.Darré Brittany in Europe; M.Nicolas PART III: IDENTITY AND CITIZENSHIP IN EASTERN EUROPE Minorities and Minority Protection in Eastern Europe: A View from 1996; M.Rady Citizenship and National Identity in 'former' Yugoslavia; M.Drouet Identity and Exclusion through Language Politics: The Croatian Example R.Hudson Is there a Future for the European Union in Foreign Affairs after the Bosnian Débâcle?; A.Carty Borderland: Language and Loyalties in old Yugoslavia; F.Jones Index