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 …

Latvia's Russophones are often seen as a consolidated ethno-linguistic unit. The goal of this
essay is to test this assumption by exploring Russophones' in-group differentiation over an …

Any system health work must look at decision-making because decisions propagate
throughout a system, shaping system dynamics. Usually, human decision-making is …

Using the Baltic states as an empirical example of a wider social problem of categorization
and naming, this article explores the statistical categories of 'international migrant/foreign …

The advance of liberal understanding of democracy with its interest in and constrained
ability to interfere with citizens' identities made cases of ethnocracy rare over the past …

The article argues that across the East European region ongoing uncertainty about the
nature of the state-society compact is central to continuous relevance of “national” in politics …

Ethnically divided societies often seek political cohesion by pursuing nationalizing policies.
Latvia has had some experience of this, for example, with the notion that citizens should …

High levels of active political participation are considered to be indicators of stable
democracies. Low levels of participation, in turn, are related to disaffection with the political …

The widely shared perception in the Baltic societies about these countries being national
homelands of respective ethno-nations is indispensable for understanding recent political …

The Baltic presidents have in common that they are supposed to embody the 'nation'and
provide an image of their countries abroad. But can the president embody the people if 'the …