Multilingualism in post-Soviet countries : language revival, language removal, and sociolinguistic theory / Aneta Pavlenko -- Language management and language problems in Belarus : education and beyond / Markus Giger and Marián Sloboda -- A tense and shifting balance : bilingualism and education in Ukraine / Laada Bilaniuk and Svitlana Melnyk -- Uneasy compromise : language and education in Moldova / Matthew H. Ciscel -- Language and education orientations in Lithuania : a cross-Baltic perspective post-EU accession / Tatjana Bulajeva and Gabrielle Hogan-Brun -- Estonianization efforts post-independence / Mart Rannut -- Language policies of Kazakhization and their influence on language attitudes and use / Juldyz Smagulova -- Multilingualism, Russian language and education in Kyrgyzstan / Abdykadyr Orusbaev, Arto Mustajoki and Ekaterina Protassova -- Language and education policies in Tajikistan / Mehrinisso Nagzibekova
Post-Soviet countries have emerged as a contested linguistic space, where disagreements over language and education policies have led to demonstrations, military conflicts and even secession. This collection offers a comparative analysis of language and education policies and practices in post-Soviet countries
