This volume is the second, updated and enlarged version of the Bibliography on Ethnic Relations in Eastern Europe, edited by Margit Feischmidt, includes chapters on ethnicity, nationalism, ethnic conflict, conflict resolution, institutions, political participation of minorities, and new initiatives in managing multiethnic coexistence. The volume describes work with regional and possibly theoretical significance published in English, German, Russian, and other languages. The material has been compiled mainly by local contributors. Other major sources include the library of the Central European University in Budapest, Sociological Abstracts, and various bibliographies.

Studies, articles, and working papers are listed thematically (one category, for example, is called "Theories Related to Ethnicity and Nationalism in Eastern Europe") and by keyword. Entries include bibliographic data, keywords, a summary of content, and the main arguments. The volume also includes indexes by author/editor, theme, and geographic region (organized by region, country, and ethnic minority), as well as an index of journals. Regional categories include Central Europe (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia); Southeast Europe (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia FYR, Romania, Yugoslavia FR); the Baltics (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania); the Commonwealth of Independent States (the former Soviet Union without the Baltic states); the Western Republics of the Commonwealth of Independent States (Belarus, Moldova, the Russian Federation, Ukraine); the Transcaucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia); and Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan). Small multiethnic regions (such as Kosovo and Transylvania) are included in the ethnic minority index.
[Publisher's Note]

The bibliography lists only two works that deal primarily with Carpatho-Rusyns (both are listed in the index under Ruthenians). Insights on Carpatho-Rusyn issues, however, can be found in the works that deal with Ukrainians or ethnic policies in the countries where Carpatho-Rusyns live.
[B.H.]

The online version of the bibliography can be viewed on LGI’s Managing Multiethnic Communities Project Website.

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