Cross-Regional Ethnopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe : Lessons from the Western Balkans and the Baltic States (Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations)

Petsinis, Vassilis

Springer Nature Switzerland AG（2023/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 234 p.
• 商品コード 9783030999537

Full Description

This book bridges the gap between academic researchers and policymaking experts working on the Western Balkans and those dealing with the Baltic States. Within the frame of a comparative and cross-regional approach, Vassilis Petsinis generates new insights in subjects as diverse as: how geopolitics shape the management of ethnic relations; the variants of Euroscepticism; opposition to immigration and LGBTQI rights; the patterns of multi-ethnic cohabitation; as well as the endeavour by parties of the populist and radical right to embed their platforms into the longer trajectories of ethno-nationalism in the countries and societies studied (Estonia and Latvia from the Baltic States; Croatia and Serbia from the Western Balkans). This work also assesses the extent to which the centrality of ethnic cleavages can be contested, temporarily effaced, or ultimately transformed by the increasing significance of the economy (social welfare and transparency) in multi-ethnic societies. The book adds a sound contribution towards updating and upgrading the study of ethnopolitics not solely across Central and Eastern Europe, but as a whole.

Contents

1. Introduction: Setting the Conceptual and Theoretical Frames.- 2. Euroscepticism, Minority Rights, and Identity Politics: The Cases of Croatia and Serbia.- 3. Institutional Politics, Party Politics, and Ethnopolitics: The Cases of Estonia and Latvia.- 4. Geopolitics, Ethnopolitics, and the EU: The Cases of Latvia and Serbia.- 5. Geopolitics, Ethnopolitics, and the EU: The Cases of Estonia and Croatia.- 6. Final Remarks, Conclusions, and Trajectories for Further Research.