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Osipov, A. G. Regulatory Framework and Institutional Grounds for Ethnocultural Policy: Example of the Republic of Belarus

Abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of legal and institutional grounds for ethnocultural policy in the Republic of Belarus. Special attention is paid at the reasons of development and improvement of this policy while there are no internal or external challenges caused by ethnical diversity of population. Such reasons include institutional inertsia and signiÞ cance of symbolic policy in the sphere of ethnic relations as an important factor of legitimacy of the current statehood.


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Belarus, diversity management, minorities, international agreements, legislation, conß icts, institutional inertsia, symbolic politics.


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