This book explores the differing treatment of Russian minorities in the non-Russian republics
which seceded from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s. Providing detailed case studies, it …

This article focuses on the relationship between Alevis and the Turkish and German states. It
does so by examining the Turkish Alevi Opening (2009–2010) and the German Islam …

Since the late 1980s, the interpretations of policy toward Hungary's minorities—most notably
the country's 1993 minority law and the minority self-governments established as part of a …

This policy analysis examines geopolitical and sociocultural bordering practices in Europe's
cross-border regions and their impact on civil society participation and governance in state …

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 …

The categories emanating from international human rights law defining the belonging of
peoples to different types of minorities invites for a re-assessment. These different minority …

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

Our article describes the lifecycle of Lithuania's Electoral Action of Poles–Christian Families
Alliance (LLRA-KŠS) party that has been a part of country's political landscape for near 30 …