The norm of minority protection is often singled out as a prime example of the political impact
of European Union (EU) conditionality on the ethnically diverse states of Central and …

This monograph provides an overview of the language situation in the three Baltic countries:
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It examines the recent change in language regimes that the …

Hirschman's model of 'exit'envisages that mass migration can communicate feedback to a
state and elicit modifying policy behaviour. The regimes of discrimination against …

The article assumes that in the beginning of development of a newly independent state the
rationale of language legislation is closely related to nation-state building. Later, depending …

There is to date no systematic comparative analysis of work on the significance of language
at the levels of the individual and the state across the Baltic. This introductory article reviews …

This monograph provides an overview of the language situation in the three Baltic countries:
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It examines the recent change in language regimes that the …

This article traces the factors that led to the adoption of the Charter of the French Language
in Quebec in 1977 and the Latvian Language Law in 1999. Concerns for the French …

The dynamics released by the political and economic liberation from Soviet hegemony in the
countries of the former East Bloc have triggered major social and linguistic changes, paving …

This study explores the strategic use of norm ambiguity, with specific reference to national
minority rights and the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people within …

Estonia and Latvia both have a sizeable Russian-speaking minority, share a similar Soviet
past, and their democratic transitions were characterised by a similar nationalising rhetoric …