Ethnicity and social cohesion in the post-Soviet Baltic states

Autor:	Nils Muiznieks, Ieva Birka, Juris Rozenvalds
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Cultural Studies History Inequality media_common.quotation_subject Ethnic group Alienation Sense of belonging National state Cohesion (linguistics) Social integration Law Political economy Sociology Citizenship media_common
Zdroj:	Patterns of Prejudice. 47:288-308
ISSN:	1461-7331 0031-322X
DOI:	10.1080/0031322x.2013.812349
Popis:	This article examines the efforts of post-Soviet Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to promote social cohesion by addressing the ethnic and linguistic cleavages that are part of the legacy of Soviet rule. In examining the particular situation of each Baltic state and the response to international pressure for integration and social inclusion policy, Muiznieks, Rozenvalds and Birka note the roles of threat-perception, the historic context, the linguistic and citizenship policy, as well as socio-economic inequality, in facilitating Russian-speakers' sense of belonging to their respective Baltic state. While ostensibly aimed at fostering a sense of belonging to the national state, Baltic integration and social inclusion policy has often had a contradictory effect, especially in Estonia and Latvia, where the emphasis on the majority language and culture as a prerequisite for access to citizenship and formal membership has enhanced the threat-perceptions of minorities, and led to their alienation or identi...
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