Title Cross-regional ethnopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe : lessons from the Western Balkans and the Baltic States / Vassilis Petsinis

Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource Series Central and Eastern European perspectives on international relations series, 2947-7999 Central and Eastern European perspectives on international relations series, 2947-7999 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 Summary 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. Vassilis Petsinis is Senior Research Fellow in Comparative Politics at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Comparative politics. International relations. Politics & government. Political Science -- General. Political Science -- International Relations -- General. Ethnic relations SUBJECT Baltic States -- Ethnic relations Balkan Peninsula -- Ethnic relations Subject Balkan Peninsula Baltic States Form Electronic book ISBN 9783030999513 3030999513

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