Since ancient times, the Caucasus has been the crossroads of peoples, cultures and languages. The oldest permanent populations of Europe, the indigenous peoples of Caucasian ethnic stock, are found here. The Caucasus region is also home to various other peoples, among them Indo-Europeans and Turkic… read more
The making of Europe is an ongoing process, and this concerns the emergence of new states with new constellations of majorities and minorities, changes of demographic patterns caused by internal European migrations and demographic influx from outside Europe, changes of the political status of… read more
SUMMARY Criteria for Ethnic Identity Despite numerous publications on theoretical and methodological issues regarding ethnic identity (ethnicity), many methodological problems relative to this topic remain insufficiently clarified. This article deals particularly with the problems involved in… read more
