title: Realization of the right to national self-determination: who decides?
abstract: The article is devoted to the analysis of some problems associated with the practical implementation of the right of national minorities to political self-determination, namely: who determines which communities have the right to self-determination; what is the mechanism for making a decision on political selfdetermination; what role do ethnic elites — “ethnic entrepreneurs” — play in the processes of self-determination; what are the ways to resolve the contradiction between the right of peoples 
journal: Vlast i Elity (Power and Elites)