Can Liberal Pluralism be Exported?

• Introduction ; PART 1: A WESTERN POLITICAL THEORY AND ETHNIC RELATIONS IN EASTERN EUROPE ; PART 2: COMMENTARIES ; 1. Liberal Pluralism and Post-Communism ; 2. Rethinking the State and National Security in Eastern Europe ; 3. On the Chances of Ethnocultural Justice in East-Central Europe ; 4. Nation-States and Immigrant Societies ; 5. New Democracies in the Old World ; 6. Some Doubts about 'Ethnocultural Justice ; 7. Reflections on Minority Rights Politics for East Central European Countries ; 8. Territorial Autonomy as a Minority Rights Regime in Post-Communist Countries ; 9. Nation-Building and Beyond ; 10. Ethnocultural Justice in East European States and the Case of the Czech Roma ; 11. Definitions and Discourse: Applying Kymlickas Models to Estonia and Latvia ; 12. Universal Thought, Eastern Facts: Scrutinizing National Minority Rights in Romania ; 13. Perspectives on a Liberal-Pluralist Approach to Ethnic Minorities in Ukraine ; 14. Can Liberal Nationalities Policy be Implemented in Post-Soviet Russia? ; 15. Nation-Building, Culture and Problems of Ethnocultural Identity in Central Asia: The Case of Uzbekistan ; PART 3. REPLY AND CONCLUSION

An important and very interesting volume on a topic of great contemporary significance ... This is a very successful volume ... The book as a whole is an exciting venture in the field of applying normative ideas to an often refractory and complex social reality.