Sites dealing with national minorities, multinational states, and the problems they face. 1. Civil Society, Ethnicity and the State: a Threefold Relationship - Paper delivered by George Schopflin of the University of London. 2. Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives - Excerpt from a monograph by Thomas Hylland Eriksen, exploring the relationships between ethnicity, race, nationality, and class. 3. Federal Union of European Nationalities - F.U.E.N. - A union of organizations representing ethnic groups with the goal of preserving their identity, language, culture and history. 4. Irredentism and Ethnic Nationalism - Essay by Dimostenis Yagcioglu arguing that irredentism (i.e. conflict over borders) is an inevitable tendency of ethnic nationalism. 5. MINELRES - Directory of resources on minority human rights, inter-ethnic conflicts, ethnic policies, and related problems of the transition period in Eastern and Central Europe. 6. OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities - Office established in 1992 to identify and seek early resolution of ethnic tensions that might endanger peace, stability or friendly relations between OSCE participating states. 7. The National Question and the Class Struggle - Thesis by Ber Borochov (1881-1917) arguing that national liberation is a necessary component of the class struggle.

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