The main topic of the article is analysis of institutional foundations of the ethnic federations. Special attention is paid to consideration of the two key problems: instrumental role of such federations and political ...

There are considered three main problems in this article: one of them Is analysis of status differences between official languages in subjects of bi-ethnical and multi-ethnical states. Experience of Belgium and Canada shows ...

The position of ethnic minority languages are influenced by two main factors that reduce their functionality: globalization and the social environment in which these languages function. This article focuses on the status ...