Nikolai Genov (Ed.)
Interethnic Integration
in five European societies
2008, 377 Seiten, EUR 34,80, ISBN 978-3-89622-096-7

This book is the result of the international research project Comparing Societal Integration of Ethnic Minorities (InterEthno) funded by the INTAS Programme of the European Union.
Present day ethnic relations question the vision of progressing assimilation of ethnic minorities. Neither the development of traditional nor of new minorities follows this pattern any more. The reasons are related to the modern means of transportation and communication, to the porous state borders and the global spread of cultural pluralism and individualization. Democratic governance and constitutional human rights also allow ethnic minorities to resist ethnic assimilation. The ideas about integration of minorities or of multiculturalism offer little theoretical and practical help in this dynamic situation. We witness the turn to interethnic integration in the sense of convergence of values, normative standards and behavioural patterns among ethnic groups. This concept fosters the discourse and policies focusing on full economic, political and social citizenship for representatives of all ethnic groups. The concept implies respect to ethnic diversity and ethnic symbioses together with efforts to institutionalize the mutual enrichment of cultures.
This cross national comparative research of experts (Russian Federation, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria and Germany) is of high actuality and provides deep and new insights in the subject of Interethnic Integration. 

 

CONTENTS

• PREFACE
• 1. COMPARING PATTERNS OF INTERETHNIC INTEGRATION  
  Nikolai Genov
• 1.1 Conditions and Aims of the InterEthno Comparative Study
• 1.2 Theoretical Issues and Conceptual Framework
• 1.3 Operationalizations and Tools
• 2. TATARS IN TATARSTAN (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)    
• 2.1 Historical Background and Present Day Dynamics
  Nikolay Golovin
• 2.2 Main Political Events in Tatarstan in 2005-2006
  Irina Kuznetsova-Morenko
• 2.3 Tatar Elite and the Identity of Tatars    
  Leissan Salakhatdinova
• 3. THE MIGRATION OF THE CRIMEAN TATARS    
• 3.1 Introduction    
  Olga Kutsenko
• 3.2 Analysis of Publications  
  Larisa Khizhnyak
• 3.3 Lingua-conflictological Analysis of the Official Media Discourse      
  Oxana Danylenko and Artyom Litovchenko
• 3.4 Life-course Strategies of Crimean Tatar Elite    
  Svitlana Babenko
• 3.5 Conclusions: Striving for or Avoiding Societal Integration? 
  Olga Kutsenko
• 4. STATUS AND PROSPECTS OF THE GAGAUZ ETHNIC MINORITY IN MOLDOVA       
• 4.1 Introduction
  Valentina Teosa and Elena Kuyjuklu
• 4.2 Monitoring of Events Concerning Gagauz people    
  Valentin Tsurcan, Ghenadie Slobodeniuc and  Anfisa Ceban
• 4.3 Content Analysis of the Main Official Newspaper of the Gagauz Region    
  Valentin Tsurcan, Iulia Stefoglo and Dumitru Poleacov
• 4.4 Interviews with Successful Representatives of the Gagauz Ethnic Group
  Valentina Teosa and Snezhana Corlãteanu
• 5. SOCIETAL INTEGRATION OF THE TURKISH MINORITY IN BULGARIA  
  Yantsislav Yanakiev
• 5.1 Current Status of the Turkish Ethnic Minority in Bulgaria    
• 5.2 Monitoring of Events Related to the Turkish Ethnic Minority
• 5.3 Results from the Content Analysis of Newspaper Publications    
• 5.4 Interviews with Successful Representatives of the Turkish Ethnic Minority    
• 5.5 Assessment of the Societal Integration of the Turkish Minority in Bulgaria      
• 6. INTEGRATION OF THE TURKISH ETHNIC MINORITY IN BERLIN    
• 6.1 Specifics of the Turkish Minority in Berlin    
  Tessa Savvidis
• 6.2 Content Analysis
  Marina Schwedler
• 6.3 Interviews with Successful Representatives of the Turkish Communityin Berlin
  Nikolai Genov
• 7. CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS    
• 7.1 Monitoring of Events in the InterEthno Project
  Olga Kutsenko
• 7.2 Press Coverage of Interethnic Interactions: ComparativeContent Analysis    
  Nikolay Golovin
• 7.3 Potentialsfor Interethnic Integration and Disintegration according In-depth Interviews  
  Nikolai Genov
• 8. CONCLUSIONS    
  Nikolai Genov
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS    

Editor:
Prof. Prof. Dr. sc. Nikolai Genov is Professor of Sociology at the Free University in Berlin. His research fields include social theory, social change and development, interethnic relations, inter- national migration. Recent book publications: Die Entwicklung des soziologischen Wissens (2005); Ethnicity and Educational Policies in South Eastern Europe (2005); Ethnicity and Mass Media in South Eastern Europe (2006); Comparative Research in the Social Sciences (2007), Soziologische Zeitgeschichte (with Reinhard Kreckel, 2007).

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