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The ECMI Library is an independent collection of books, journals, and grey literature of more than 3,000 items covering many aspects of minority issues. The highly specialized collection offers public access to a variety of materials in more than twenty languages on interethnic relations, language and cultural diversity issues and ethnic conflict in Europe.
The Library includes a useful reference section and a considerable number of published and unpublished reports, and is especially strong in the area of minority protection with regards to international law. The ECMI Library is also unique in that it includes an ever-growing number of annual reports of Ombudsman offices around the world, which provide insight into the human rights situation in many countries. Current periodical and newspaper subscriptions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of ECMI research, and reference services are provided both in-house and for the general public.
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| Author |
Janmaat, Jan Germen |
|---|---|
| Title | Nation-Building in Post-Soviet Ukraine: Educational Policy and the Response of the Russian-Speaking Population |
| Parallel title / Title of generic unit | |
| Subject | 1. Ukraine--Educational policy. 2. Ukraine--Russians. |
| Publisher | Amsterdam: Royal Dutch Geographical Society, Universiteit van Amsterdam |
| Year | 2000 |
| Pages | 233 |
| Description | This research project aimed to delineate the nation-building project in education and the response of the Russians and Russophone Ukrainians in post-Soviet Ukraine. The focus was on nation-building policies as they affect the social-cultural position of national minorities. All states are engaged in nation-building schemes to some extent, deeming them necessary to enhance the unity, legitimacy and, therefore, the stability of the state. But states vary greatly in the scale and depth of these policies. Some states have relatively mild nation-building projects, permitting the national minorities within their borders to freely develop their cultures and languages. Other states, however, seek to ethnically homogenize the country, eliminating groups that have a language, culture, and/or identity different from that of the dominant core group. National minorities, in their turn, can respond in a variety of ways to nation-building projects. In extreme cases, they either fully assimilate into the language and culture of the dominant group (and by doing so adopt the identity of this group) or tenaciously cling to their own cultural heritage and identity. In view of the restrictive language regulations and the unified constrained nature of the education system, it is tempting to label post-Soviet Ukraine as a nationalizing state that seeks to allocate the spoils of independence to the dominant titular group and eliminate cultural diversity. This, however, would be a serious misrepresentation of reality. First of all, the newly empowered elite consciously sought to include Russians and other minorities by offering citizenship to all persons resident on Ukrainian Territory. Second, non-Ukrainians were not systematically purged from state offices, nor did they face serious discrimination in the job market (western Ukraine to some extent being the exception). Third, specific legislation (notably the Law on National Minorities) granted ethnic minorities extensive rights. Fourth, by accepting that the language regulations were implemented only gradually and certain targets could not be met,: the national authorities showed consideration for Ukraine's linguistic profile. Ukraine's overall strategy in dealing with ethnic pluralism can therefore best be characterized as one that is fairly liberal/permissive with a mild but nonetheless incessant drive to culturally homogenize the country. |
| Type | Book |
| Note | |
| Language | English |
| Series | Netherlands Geographical Studies 268 |
| Identifier | 906809291x |
| Call No. |
947'.71 |
| Location |
Library |
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