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This volume provides a cross-national analysis of the changing identities of various national and ethnic groups, their new political influence in the emergent democracies and their efforts to revive suppressed cultures. It begins with a theoretical analysis of the concepts of national identity and ethnicity. It features case studies of contemporary Belarusan, Polish and Ukrainian national identities before turning to a study of Eastern Europe's hidden Ethnic minorities, such as the Finno-Ugric peoples in Russia, the Lemkos in Poland and the Gypsies in Bulgaria.