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Bibliographical data on literature on language planning in post-communist Eastern Europe , Eurasia and China is given in Chap. 2, Addendum, subsection Development and Significance of the Subject ‘Language Planning.’
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For details on the content of the case studies, see Outlines of the Case-Studies.
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Andrews, E. (2018). Introduction. In: Andrews, E. (eds) Language Planning in the Post-Communist Era. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70926-0_1
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