Subject(s): Minorities and Democracy -- politics -- Multi-Ethnic Dynamics -- Law -- Diversity : local public management of multi ethnic communities -- Political, administrative and legal perspectives -- Public administration reforms -- Minority rights -- Protection of national minorities -- Declaration on the rights of persons belonging to national , ethnic, religious / linguistic minorities -- National minorities in public life -- Structures, polices and multi-ethnic dynamics -- Emerging multi-ethnic policies in Bulgaria -- Ethnic homogeneity -- Protection and involvement of minorities in governance -- Equality in law, protection in fact: minority law and practice in Poland -- Fine-tuning minority policy in Romania -- Ethno policy in the Ukraine -- Solutions at the local level in Slovakia