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This volume deals with the politics of ethnicity in east central Europe. The major part of the book focuses upon the nature of identity and inter-ethnic relations in the Central European region of Silesia. Although Silesia is terra incognita to most of the English speaking world, for centuries it has been contested by German, Polish, Czech, Prussian and Austrian elites. The author and contributors hope that, after having read this volume, the reader will be better informed of both the region in general and Silesia in particular.

The Ethnopolitical Encyclopaedia of Europe is the first work of its kind that systematically and rigorously examines the politics of ethnicity throughout the continent as a whole. Rather than indulge in a tour of Europe designed to unearth as many diverse population groups as possible, the Encyclopaedia is focused and serves as a unique data source on the continent's politically mobilized ethnic groups. In order to facilitate easy access, the various regions of Europe are assessed and then the nature of the politics of ethnicity is analyzed on a country by country basis. The combination of incisive entries, maps, tables and easy to use country guides makes this an invaluable reference book for both academics and practitioners.GEORGES AGELOPOULOS Panteion University, Athens, Greece ILYES AGOTA BEATE ANDREES Free University of Berlin, Germany IAN BARNES University of Derby, UK GABOR BATONYI University of Bradford, UK ROBETRO BELLONI Harvard University, USA FLORIAN BIEBER Europen Centre for Minority Issues, Germany PAUL BLOKKER European University Institute, Florence, Italy COLIN CLARK University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK FARIMAH DAFTARY Europen Centre for Minority Issues, Germany ANDRZEJ DYBCZYNSKI Institute of Politics, University of Wroclaw, Poland JENNY ENGSTROM London School of Economics, UK AITOR ESTEBAN OMER FISHER University of Strathclyde, UK DARIUS FURMONAVICIUS Baltic Research Unit, University of Bradford, UK DMITRY GORENBURG The CNA Corporation, USA FRANCOIS GRIN ETI, University of Geneva, Switzerland SIOBHAN HARTY Government of Canada, Human Resources Development, Canada KAREN HENDERSON University of Leicester, UK ROBERT HUDSON University of Derby, UK MICHEL HUYSSEUNE Vrije Universite Brussels, Belgium ANN-SOFI JAKOBSSON-HATAY Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden REBECCA JONES Department of International Politics, University of Wales Abrystwyth, UK BOSSIA KORNOUSSOVA Kalmyk Centre for Intensive Language Teaching, Russia JORGEN KUHL Danish Institute of Border Region Studies, Denmark ADRIAN LEE Department of Politics, University of Plymouth, UK MARIA LENN ANTHONY LONDON School of Slavonic and East European Studies, UK ANNA PIA MAISSEN LUKE MARCH University of Edinburgh, UK LOTHAR MERTENS Ruhr University Bochum, Germany CARMEN MILLAN-VARELA University of Birmingham, UK FLORIN MOISA Resource Centre for Roma Communities, Romania SAUL NEWMAN