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Balkans: Minorities and states in conflict

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Central and Eastern Europe Statelessness Reports and briefings
Reports and briefings
1 January 1994

This highly acclaimed book describes the situations for the minorities of former-Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece and Albania from a historical and contemporary perspective. The book also covers other ‘stateless’ minorities in the region including the Jews, Gypsies (Roma) and Vlahs.

In an additional section written for this new edition, Hugh Poulton analyses how the turbulent developments in the Balkans during 1991 and 1992 continue to affect the minorities of the region. The new section examines:

  • The disintegration of Yugoslavia
  • The Bosnian crisis
  • Vojvodina and the refugee problem
  • Developments in Sandzak, Kosovo and Macedonia
  • Nationalism in Greece
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Hugh Poulton

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