作者簡介
Bo Petersson is Professor of Political Science and International Migration and Ethnic Relations and Vice Dean for Research at the Faculty of Culture and Society at Malmo University, Sweden. His special areas of interest include nationalism, political myth, enemy images, stereotyping, and xenophobia. In geographical terms, he has often come to specialise in political developments in Russia and the former Soviet Union. Karina Vamling is Professor of Caucasus Studies at Malmo University, Sweden. Her special expertise is on the Caucasus region and Russia with a focus on Caucasian languages, language and identity, language policy and ethnic minorities. More specifically, she has published on the Circassian language in English and Russian, as well as on the language situation in Georgia.