Cultural Autonomy in Contemporary Europe

<p>In this volume some of the world’s leading scholars involved in researching the fields of ethnopolitics nationalism and ideas of nation and state have come together to produce a work that is both original and accessible. The volume explores the rich but sadly neglected tradition of thought on non-territorial cultural autonomy as exemplified by the work of Karl Renner and Otto Bauer and the European Nationalities Congress of the 1920s. Through a combination of theoretical analysis and case study approaches the authors challenge conventional thinking on how best to reconcile competing claims over territory and cultural expression. Drawing upon a range of examples from countries such as Russia Romania and Hungary and by comparing the situation of territorially-based ethnic minorities with those - principally the Roma - who lack identification with a given state or states the authors of this volume seek to supply answers and question received truths. </p>