Heiko F. Marten & Michael Rießler 
Cultural and Linguistic Minorities in the Russian Federation and the European Union [PDF ebook] 
Comparative Studies on Equality and Diversity

Part I Languages, identities and human rights 1. Change and maintenance of Plurilingualism in the Russian Federation and the European Union by Janne Saarikivi and Reetta Toivanen.- 2. The Global Extinction of Languages and its Consequences for Cultural Diversity by Suzanne Romaine.- 3 . The Death of Languages; the Death of Minority Cultures; the Death of a People’s Dignity by Theodore S. Orlin.- Part II Case Studies on Cultural Change and Minority Language Maintenance: 4. Obstacles and Successes by Reetta Toivanen.- 5. Fallen ill in Political Draughts by Indrek Jääts.- 6. Finnic Minorities of Ingria by Natalia Kuznetsova, Elena Markus and Mehmed Muslimov.- 7. The Challenge of Language by Lennard Sillanpää.- 8. Uneven Steps to Literacy by Florian Siegl and Michael Rießler.- Part III Why some Languages Survive. On Language Laws, Policies and Changing Attitudes.- 9. Explaining Language Loss by Ekaterina Gruzdeva.- 10. Parliamentary Structures and their Impact on Empowering Minority Language Communities by Heiko F. Marten.- 11. Evolution of Language Ideology in Post-Soviet Russia by Konstantin Zamyatin.- 12. The Impact of Language Policy on Language Revitalization by Xabier Arzoz.- A List of Relevant Agreements, Charters, Conventions, Declarations, Legal acts, Protocols, Treaties and Other Official Documents.- A.1 International.- A.2 European and Russian.- A.3 List of Russian Regional Documents.- Index of Languages and People(s).- Subject index.- Person index.- Place index.