MERWBKBS - Patterns and management of ethnic relations in the Western Balkans and the Baltic States
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This study will compare the management of ethnic relations in two Western Balkan states (Serbia and Croatia) with the management of ethnic relations in two Baltic republics (Latvia and Estonia). It will concentrate on: (a) the legal and institutional infrastructures on minority rights; (b) the impact of domestic and external actors on the management of ethnic relations. This research is placed inside the framework of the EU’s enlargement. Latvia and Estonia have been EU memberstates since 2004. Croatia joined the EU in 2013 whereas accession negotiations with Serbia commenced in October 2011. By conducting research on two different post-Communist settings (two post-Yugoslav and two post-Soviet states) this comparative project will provide new insights in conflict resolution and the management of ethnic relations in the new and the aspiring EU member-states. Research questions: (a) How do the Western Balkan and Baltic models for managing ethnic relations compare to each other and to European standards? (b) How does the intersection between domestic and external actors impact on the management of ethnic relations in the Western Balkans and the Baltic States?
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Ethnopolitics Across Central and Eastern Europe in a State of Flux: Time for Updating and Upgrading?
(2020)This chapter illustrates why and how the existing theoretical models in the study of ethnopolitics need to be updated in light of the latest developments and the increasing impact of new catalysts. These are, namely, ... -
National Identity in Serbia. Vojvodina and a Multiethnic Society between the Balkans and Central Europe
(Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019)This book introduces a European region that not a lot has been written about in the English-language academic literature: the Serbian autonomous province of Vojvodina. Considering that modern Serbian nationalism was largely ... -
Converging or diverging patterns of Euroscepticism among political parties in Croatia and Serbia
(Routledge, 2019)This article is a comparative study on the patterns of Euroscepticism encountered among the political parties of Croatia and Serbia. Primary attention is paid to the employment of Euroscepticism from within the halls of ... -
Between party-systems and identity-politics: the populist and radical right in Estonia and Latvia
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2019)The article explores party-based populist and radical right looking at the cases of Latvia’s National Alliance (NA) and of the Estonian Conservative People’s Party (EKRE). The research question is: How does the intersection ... -
Ethnopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe in a State of Flux
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2019)This is the introduction to a special section based on selected contributions for the ‘Ethnopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe in a State of Flux’ international conference (UPTAKE research consortium, Johan Skytte ... -
Geopolitics, Ethnopolitics and the EU: The Cases of Serbia and Latvia
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2019)This work is a study on the patterns of managing ethnic relations in Serbia and Latvia. It aims at enhancing the cross-regional exchange of knowledge between the Western Balkans and the Baltic States. This study demonstrates ... -
Identity Politics and Right-Wing Populism in Estonia: The Case of EKRE
(Taylor & Francis Online, 2019)This case-study focuses on Estonia and introduces the populist and radical right-wing party of EKRE (Eesti Konservatiivne Rahvaerakond/Estonian Conservative People’s Party). It demonstrates that EKRE’s employment of identity ...