Этническая политика в странах Балтии / ред. В.В. Полещук, В.В.Степанов; Ин-т этнологии и антропологии им. Н.Н. Миклухо-Маклая РАН. – М. : Наука, – 2013. – 407 с. – ISBN 978-5-02-038044-8 (в пер.).
Ethnic Policies in the Baltic States / Eds. V.V. Poleshchuk and V.V. Stepanov. Moscow: Nauka, 2013. 407 P. ISBN 978-5-02-038044-8
This book in Russian provides a systemic overview of ethnic policies in the Baltic States with the emphasis on the challenge posed by the ethnic Russian population. For this purpose, the book highlights the influence of Soviet nationalities policy, impact of state restitution and concepts of historical memory. Demographic trends of the Russian population in the region are assessed on the basis of statistical data. Special attention is granted to the analysis of Baltic ethnic policies by Russian and Western academics, the European Union and the Council of Europe experts. The book also highlights trends in minority labour market participation, policies of immigration and analyses the impact of Baltic language policies on protest mobilisation of minority communities in the region.
The book is first-of-its-kind in the Russian language and brings a set of distinguished experts on Baltic ethnic policies from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and the Western European countries. It targets a wide readership: ethnologists, historians, and political scientists in academia, as well as university researchers and students.
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SUMMARY in English
About the AUTHORS (in Russian)
CONTENTS
Valery Tishkov, Valery Stepanov
Opening Remarks: European Minorities and Politicised Myths in the Baltic Context 9
Vadim Poleshchuk
Russians in the Baltic Political Discourse 24
Priit Järve
Soviet Legacies and Ethnopolitics of the Baltic States 39
Vadim Poleshchuk, Aleksejs Dimitrovs
Continuity as a Basis for Statehood and Ethnic Policies in Estonia and Latvia 64
Ilja Nikiforov
Historical Memory Policies in the Baltics: Experiences of the Past and the Current State of Affairs 92
Ilja Nikiforov, Vadim Poleshchuk
The Demography of Estonian Russian Population in the 20th Century 155
Vladislav Volkov
Demographic Composition of the Russian Population in Latvia in the 20th–21st centuries 177
Andrius Marcinkevičius
Ethnic Russians in Independent and Soviet Lithuania: Demography, Social Status and Identity 197
Jelena Helemäe
Social-economic Transformations in Estonia 219
Tatyana Bogushevitch
Protest Mobilisation of the Russian-speaking Minority in Latvia 236
Timofey Agarin
From One Union to Another: Western Academia on Baltic Ethnic Policies on the Threshold of the EU 258
Dimitry Kochenov
The EU and Ethnic Policies: the Case of Latvia and Estonia 294
Boriss Cilevics
Impact of the Council of Europe on Ethnopolitical Issues in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia 323
Brigita Zepa
Discourse of Formation of the Migration Policies in Latvia 343
Andrey Berdnikov, Deniss Hanovs
Academic Discourse in Russia on Ethnic Politics in the Baltic States 359
Vadim Poleshchuk
Conclusion 376
EDITORS
Vadim Poleshchuk, Legal Information for Human Rights, Estonia
Valery Stepanov, Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of the Russian Academy of Sciences
