Berg-Nordlie, Mikkel

Looks at newspaper and journal treatment of the distinctive subgroup located in Russia in terms of definitions of the ethnic collective.

Discussion of Sami urbanization, urbanity, and their absence in the local culture in Scandinavia. Focuses on resistance to including Sami place names on signage and lack of public monuments which acknowledge their existence and contributions to society.

Describes efforts to establish comparable political representation in Russia. Discusses key initiatives and their origins, effects of activists' approach and certain functions of the original institutions.

Show how state security and economic development have influenced Russia's minority policies.

Presents a comparative study of similarities and differences regarding conflicts over Indigenous rights in two dissimilar countries.