Preface | p. 4 |
Introduction | p. 6 |
Understanding Minority Peoples | |
Minority peoples in the world | p. 8 |
What is a minority? | p. 10 |
Nations, states and stateless nations | p. 12 |
Conflicts and claims | p. 16 |
Legislation protecting minorities | p. 18 |
That which Forges the Identity of People | |
Languages | p. 20 |
Flags | p. 28 |
Political groups | p. 30 |
Overview of Stateless Nations | |
People in search of recognition: | |
Celtic people | |
Brittany, cultural effervescence | p. 36 |
Wales, you said, "Llanfairpwllgwyngyll…" | p. 40 |
Scotland, eyeing independence | p. 44 |
Ireland, one objective: reunification | p. 48 |
Cornwall, a small-scale rebirth | p. 52 |
The Isle of Man, at the inter Celtic crossroads | p. 54 |
Romance people | |
Galicia, between Celtic and Iberian cultures | p. 56 |
Catalan countries (Catalonia), "We are a nation" | p. 58 |
Occitania, a vast multifaceted area | p. 62 |
Corsica, a turbulent story of a quest for freedom | p. 66 |
Sardinia, "the first people" of the Mediterranean | p. 70 |
Friuli, border of empires | p. 74 |
Romansh, the poor Swiss relative | p. 76 |
Ladins, minorities within a minority | p. 79 |
Savoy and Aosta, heart of the Arpitan people | p. 80 |
Wallonia, the survival of an Oil people | p. 84 |
Germanic people | |
Alsace, land of the Alamanni | p. 86 |
Frisia, nostalgic people of the North Sea | p. 90 |
Flanders, the long march towards emancipation | p. 96 |
South Tyrol, Austrians at heart | p. 98 |
The Faroe Islands, insurmountable archipelago of the Atlantic | p. 100 |
Slavic people | |
Kashubia, the Slavs of the Baltics | p. 102 |
Sorbia, rebirth after oppression | p. 104 |
Basque people | |
The Basque Country, always fighting for their rights | p. 108 |
Finno-Ugric and Altaic people | |
Sápmi, shepherds of the Boreal Lands | p. 112 |
Gagauzia, the Christian Turks of Europe | p. 116 |
National Minorities and New Claims | |
Emblematic national minorities: | |
The Swedes of Finland and the Åland Islands | p. 120 |
The Germans of Eastern Europe | p. 122 |
The Hungarians of Romania, Slovakia… | p. 124 |
The Aromanians, dispersed in the Balkans | p. 126 |
The regions seeking identity: | |
Iberian peninsula, the model of autonomy | p. 128 |
Northern Italy, union of the Gallo-ltalic people | p. 130 |
Scania, torn between Danish and Swedish cultures | p. 132 |
Silesia, mosaic of central European people | p. 134 |
Moravia, no to assimilation! | p. 136 |
Ingrians, Votes, Livonians, Vñro and Seto | p. 138 |
Former Minorities, New States | |
1989: the story of a quest for independence: | |
The Baltic adventure | p. 142 |
Ukraine, the Orange Revolution | p. 144 |
Czechs and Slovakians, the peaceful schism | p. 145 |
Moldova and Transnistha | p. 146 |
Yugoslavia, soul of the Balkans | p. 148 |
Montenegro and Kosovo, and what followed… | p. 150 |
The New European Deal | |
What is the future for the minority people of Europe? | p. 152 |
Bibliography | p. 154 |
Internet sites | p. 156 |
Notes | p. 157 |
Authors/Photo credits | p. 158 |
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