National Minorities in Putin's Russia: Diversity and Assimilation

ISBN-13: 9781138476059 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 266 str.

German Federica (European Centre for Minority Issues Prina

Opis

Using a human rights approach, the book analyses the application of minority policies for the preservation of cultural and linguistic diversity in Russia. Despite Russia’s legacy of ethno-cultural and linguistic pluralism, the book argues that the Putin leadership’s overwhelming statism and promotion of Russian patriotism are leading to a reduction of Russia’s diversity. Using interviews with representatives of national minorities, civil society, public officials and academics, the book highlights the reasons why Russian law and policies, as well as international standards on minority rights, are ill-equipped to withstand the centralising drive toward ever greater uniformity.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Diversity, National Minorities and Cultural Rights: Russia and Beyond 3. Minority Rights Standards: Domestic to International – and Back to Domestic 4. Law, Informal Practices and Minorities’ Cultural Rights 5. Strengthening the State through Homogenising Centralism 6. Interculturalism or Acculturation? The Education System 7. Participation through Cooperation? Minority Associations and State Institutions 8. National Cultural Autonomy: Real or Fictitious Participation? 9. Minorities’ Voices: Ad Hoc Consultation and (A)political Participation 10. Conclusion

O autorze

Federica Prina is a Research Associate at the School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK.