European Yearbook of Minority Issues: 2005-2006, Volume 5; Volumes 2005-2006

Contents\r......Page 6
Foreword......Page 10
Part I Articles......Page 12
A GENERAL ARTICLES SECTION......Page 14
Resistance to Immigrants and Asylum Seekers in theEuropean Union - Marcel Coenders, Marcel Lubbers and Peer Scheepers*......Page 16
Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship, Diversity and Competitiveness - David Smallbone......Page 46
Social Inclusion and Ethnic Minorities. Building an Integrated Society:\rThe United Kingdom Perspective - Nick Johnson......Page 64
The Latest Recommendations Endorsed by the HCNM on Ethnic\rPolicing: A New Development in Relation to Minority Protection? - Kristin Henrard......Page 78
Complexities of Conflict Prevention and Resolution in the Post-Soviet\rSpace: EU–US–Russian Security Dimensions - Olga Kamenchuk......Page 110
Sustainable Peace and Cooperation in Borderlands: The Danish–German\rBonn–Copenhagen Declarations - Jørgen Kühl......Page 128
B SPECIAL FOCUS:THE CONCEPT OF ‘NATION’......Page 152
The Concept of ‘Nation’ - Joseph Marko......Page 154
Cultural Nation versus Civic Nation: Which Concept for the\rFuture Europe? A Critical Analysis of the Parliamentary Assembly’s\rRecommendation 1735 (2006) on “The Concept of ‘Nation’” - Bogdan Aurescu......Page 158
Deconstructing the ‘Nation’ for the 21st Century through a Critical Reading of the Parliamentary Assembly’s Recommendation 1735 (2006) - Tove H. Malloy......Page 172
C SPECIAL FOCUS: THE BALKAN REGION......Page 190
The Balkan Minorities: Divided States, Peoples and Societies - Dmitriy I. Polyvyannyy......Page 192
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Ten Years After Dayton - Dino Abazović......Page 206
Constitutional Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2005-06 - Joseph Marko......Page 218
Independence without Standards? Kosovo’s Interethnic Relations\rSince 1999 - Joseph Marko......Page 230
Serbia: Minorities in a Reluctant State - Florian Bieber......Page 254
Part II Reports......Page 262
A INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS......Page 264
Frameworking: Review of the Monitoring Process of the Council of\rEurope Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities - Antti Korkeakivi......Page 266
The Work of the Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (June 2005-June 2006) - Vesna Crnić-Grotić......Page 284
Highlights in the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights\rRelevant to the Protection of Minorities (June 2005-June 2006) - Viktor Soloveytchik......Page 304
European Commission for Democracy through Law: Review of Recent\rReports and Opinions Relevant to the Protection of National Minorities - Alain Chablais and Pierre Garrone......Page 316
The Activities of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities\r(July 2005-June 2006) - Krzysztof Drzewicki and Vincent de Graaf......Page 326
The Use of Minority Languages in the Broadcast Media - Sally Holt and John Packer......Page 350
The Minority Rights Activities of the UN Independent Expert on\rMinority Issues, UN Working Group on Minorities, and the Office of the\rHigh Commissioner for Human Rights (July 2005-June 2006) - Graham Fox and Erik Friberg......Page 370
B NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS......Page 386
Positive Action and the Principle of Equality: Discussing a Decision of\rthe Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic - Alexander Bröstl......Page 388
What Has Happened to Our Model Child? The Creation and Evolution\rof the Hungarian Minority Act - Balázs Majtényi......Page 408
Legal Status of National Minorities in Poland: The Act on National and\rEthnic Minorities as well as Regional Language - Agnieszka Malicka and Karina Zabielska......Page 482
The New Act on Autonomy of Catalonia - Eduardo J. Ruiz Vieytez......Page 514
Minority Issues in Belgium: A Brief Overview of Recent Developments - Wouter Pas......Page 522
Whose Ukraine? Language and Regional Factors in the 2004 and 2006 Elections in Ukraine - Kataryna Wolczuk......Page 532
Appendix\r......Page 560