Many post-communist countries in Central/Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union are being encouraged to improve their treatment of ethnic and national minorities, and to adopt Western models of minority rights. This text examines these models and asks if they will work in in Eastern Europe.

Introduction ; PART 1: A WESTERN POLITICAL THEORY AND ETHNIC RELATIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE ; PART 2: COMMENTARIES ; 1. Liberal Pluralism and Post-Communism ; 2. Rethinking the State and National Security in Eastern Europe ; 3. On the Chances of Ethnocultural Justice in East-Central Europe ; 4. Nation-States and Immigrant Societies ; 5. New Democracies in the Old World ; 6. Some Doubts about 'Ethnocultural Justice ; 7. Reflections on Minority Rights Politics for East Central European Countries ; 8. Territorial Autonomy as a Minority Rights Regime in Post-Communist Countries ; 9. Nation-Building and Beyond ; 10. Ethnocultural Justice in East European States and the Case of the Czech Roma ; 11. Definitions and Discourse: Applying Kymlickas Models to Estonia and Latvia ; 12. Universal Thought, Eastern Facts: Scrutinizing National Minority Rights in Romania ; 13. Perspectives on a Liberal-Pluralist Approach to Ethnic Minorities in Ukraine ; 14. Can Liberal Nationalities Policy be Implemented in Post-Soviet Russia? ; 15. Nation-Building, Culture and Problems of Ethnocultural Identity in Central Asia: The Case of Uzbekistan ; PART 3. REPLY AND CONCLUSION

An important and very interesting volume on a topic of great contemporary significance ... This is a very successful volume ... The book as a whole is an exciting venture in the field of applying normative ideas to an often refractory and complex social reality.

Kymlicka is the most original and influential scholar in the field of multiculturalism Unique application of theory to real case studies Unique discussion of ethnic conflict in Eastern Europe and whether western liberal values can/should be promoted there

Kymlicka is the most original and influential scholar in the field of multiculturalism Unique application of theory to real case studies Unique discussion of ethnic conflict in Eastern Europe and whether western liberal values can/should be promoted there