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Nationalism versus multiculturalism: the minority issue in twenty-first-century Bulgaria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Eleonora Naxidou
Eleonora Naxidou*
Affiliation:
School of History and Ethnology, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece
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*Email: enaxidou@otenet.gr, enaxidou@he.duth.gr
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Abstract

The paper negotiates ideas, views and beliefs of Bulgarians towards the ethnic minorities of their country published in the Bulgarian press during the period of 2005–2009. Through these aspects it becomes clear that three years after Bulgaria's accession to the European Union and despite various state attempts to integrate minorities – mostly initiated and funded by the EU and various governmental and non-governmental organizations – prejudice and racism have not been overcome, the Other is still differentiated and the way to multiculturalism is very long. The research field is limited to the Turkish and the Roma minorities, which are “visible” in the sense that they are officially recognized.

Keywords

Bulgariaethnic minoritiesRomaTurksnationalismmulticulturalism
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Articles
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , January 2012 , pp. 85 - 105
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Copyright © 2012 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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