This chapter surveys recent work on Russian as a lingua franca in the territory of the former
Soviet Union. This discussion is subdivided into three sections. First, I review recent …

Revisiting the process of political community building in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this
book analyzes the roles that international actors have played in these processes and …

S cholarship is often driven by empirical puzzles. One of the enigmas posed by the Baltic
states concerns the reasons why despite relatively restrictive minority legislation in Estonia …

Following a review of current scholarship on identity and integration patterns of Russian
speakers in the Baltic states, this article proposes an analytical framework to help …

Recent research on the acculturation strategies of Russian speakers in Latvia has
demonstrated that there is a high level of support for integration (identifying with both Latvian …

Joseph Rothschild Book Prize Honorable Mention Strategic Frames analyzes minority
policies in Estonia and Latvia following their independence from the Soviet Union. It weighs …

Ethnic minority–majority unions—also referred to as mixed ethnic unions—are often seen as
the ultimate evidence of the integration of ethnic minorities into their host societies. We …

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the sociolinguistic situation in Estonia.
The paper opens with a historic overview, followed by an overview of the current …

The literature on collective memories in the Baltic states often stresses the irreconcilable
division between Russian and Baltic official interpretations of the Second World War. This …

Abstract Changes in the spatial distribution of minority populations and factors responsible
for such changes form an important research topic in the study of the contemporary …