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Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for Cross-Regional Ethnopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe -- Contents -- About the Author -- Acronyms -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Navigating Through Crises: A Cross-Regional Focus and Main Objectives of This Book -- Outline and Content of Chapters -- Literary Overview: Setting the Conceptual and Analytical Frames -- Euroscepticism, Minority Rights, and Identity Politics: The Cases of Croatia and Serbia -- Institutional Politics, Party Politics, and Ethnopolitics: The Cases of Estonia and Latvia -- Geopolitics, Ethnopolitics, and the EU: The Cases of Latvia and Serbia -- Geopolitics, Ethnopolitics, and the EU: The Cases of Estonia and Croatia -- Bibliography and Other Sources -- 2 Literary Overview: Setting the Conceptual and Analytical Frames -- Introduction -- Transitional Processes and Their Legacies in the Former Yugoslavia and the Baltic States: Why Ethnopolitics Matter -- Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Ethnopolitics: Then and Now -- The Ethno-Symbolic Approach: The Nation as a Socio-Psychological Phenomenon -- Between Triadic and Quadratic Configurations of Ethnopolitics -- From the Theory to Practice in Central and Eastern Europe: The 1990s -- From the Theory to Practice in Central and Eastern Europe: Contemporary Cases -- Nativism, Euroscepticism, and Populism: Conceptual Definitions -- Nativism -- Euroscepticism -- Populism -- Radical Versus Extremist Right-Wing Parties -- New Actors Enter the Scene: The Necessity to Update and Upgrade -- Bibliography and Other Sources -- 3 Euroscepticism, Minority Rights, and Identity Politics: The Cases of Croatia and Serbia -- Introduction -- Euroscepticism in Central and Eastern Europe: A Retrospective and Contextual Overview -- Euroscepticism in Croatia and Serbia: Main Actors and Primary Areas of Concern.
Minority Rights in Croatia and Serbia: Between European Persuasion and Domestic Practice -- Croatia -- Serbia -- Euroscepticism and the Management of Ethnic Relations in Croatia and Serbia -- Croatia -- Serbia -- Geopolitical Concerns and Euroscepticism in Croatia and Serbia -- Croatia -- Serbia -- Gender-related Issues and Euroscepticism in Croatia and Serbia -- Croatia -- Serbia -- The Migration Crisis and Euroscepticism in Croatia and Serbia -- Croatia -- Serbia -- In Lieu of a Conclusion -- Bibliography and Other Sources -- 4 Institutional Politics, Party Politics, and Ethnopolitics: The Cases of Estonia and Latvia -- Introduction -- Narratives of 'Alien Rule', 'Colonisation', and 'Decolonisation' in Estonia and Latvia: A Conceptual and Contextual Overview -- EKRE and NA: Ideological Foundations, Trajectories of Evolution, and Primary Areas of Concern -- The Bauska Declaration (2013): Establishing Ideological Pillars -- EKRE: Formation and Early Stages -- EKRE's Core Principles: A Populist and Radical Right-Wing Party That Operates in Estonia -- NA: Formation Process and Early Stages -- The NA's Core Principles: A National Conservative Party That Operates in Latvia -- The Latvian and Estonian Party-Systems: Continuity Versus 'Situational Adaptability' -- A State of Continuity in Latvia -- A State of 'Situational Adaptability' in Estonia -- Oscillating Between the Present and the Past: EKRE and the NA on Nativism and Anti-Immigration -- EKRE and the Migration Crisis (2015-2016): Grass-Roots Mobilisation, Anti-Establishment Rhetoric, and Euroscepticism -- The Nativism of EKRE: Framing the Present Inside the Context of the Past -- The NA and the Migration Crisis (2015-2016): Navigating the Halls of Power -- The Nativism of the NA: Framing the Present Inside the Context of the Past -- In Lieu of a Conclusion -- Bibliography and Other Sources.
5 Geopolitics, Ethnopolitics, and the EU: The Cases of Latvia and Serbia -- Introduction -- The Management of Ethnic Relations in Latvia and Serbia: Constitutional and Legal Arrangements -- Contrasting Legacies from the Communist Era -- Serbia: A Multilevel Infrastructure -- Latvia: A Centralised Legal Framework -- The Management of Ethnic Relations in Serbia and Latvia: Between Domestic Ethnopolitics and Regional Geopolitics -- Systemic Transformation Versus a Pattern of Continuity -- Geopolitics and Ethnopolitics: Readjustment Versus Maintenance -- The Engagement of the EU as an External Actor: Enabling Versus Disabling Circumstances -- The Management of Ethnic Relations in Latvia and Serbia: The Dimension of Party Politics -- Contesting the EU and Minority Rights: A Retrospective Overview -- Party Politics, European Politics, and Ethnopolitics: The View from Within the Halls of Power -- The Management of Ethnic Relations in Latvia and Serbia: Realities 'on the Ground' -- Geopolitics, Ethnopolitics, and the EU: What the People Think -- Ethnopolitics on the Grass-Roots Level: Regional and Sociocultural Dimensions -- In Lieu of a Conclusion -- Bibliography and Other Sources -- 6 Geopolitics, Ethnopolitics, and the EU: The Cases of Estonia and Croatia -- Introduction -- The Sphere of Domestic Politics: Ethnos Versus Demos in Estonia and Croatia (1990s) -- Croatia and Estonia as Independent States: Constitutional and Legal Realities -- National Survival, Narratives of 'Self Versus Other', and Their Political Repercussions -- The Interaction Between Domestic and External Actors in the 1990s -- States, Ethnic Minorities, External Homelands, and the EU in Estonia and Croatia -- Estonia: A More Pragmatic Stance -- Systemic Transformation Versus the Persistence of National Survival: The Cases of Croatia and Estonia in the 2000s.
Croatia's Change of Course and Its Significance -- Recycling Institutional Legacies from the Yugoslav Era and Cooperating with the EU -- Estonia: A Few Steps Forward -- Contemporary Estonian Nationalism: The Functions of Restoration and Decolonisation -- The Emphasis on National Survival Halts More Substantial Developments in Estonia -- Between Breakthroughs and Backslidings (the 2010s) -- Estonia: Towards a More Inclusive Version of the Ethnic Democracy Model -- The 'EKRE Phenomenon' and Its Repercussions on the Management of Ethnic Relations in Estonia -- Contesting the State Legislation on Minority Rights in Croatia: Emergence of a Multilevel Nexus -- Assessing the Risks: Placing Estonia and Croatia into a Comparative Context -- Patterns of Ethnic Relations in Estonia and Croatia: The Sociocultural Dimension -- Intercultural Realities and Regional Politics in Croatia: The Case of Istria -- Estonia: Soviet Legacies and the Shift Towards Integration -- In Lieu of a Conclusion -- Bibliography and Other Sources -- 7 Final Remarks, Conclusions, and Trajectories for Further Research -- Intersections Between Regional Geopolitics and Domestic Ethnopolitics -- Intersections Among Ethno-Nationalism, Nativism, and (Right-Wing) Populism -- Intersections Between Ethno-Nationalism and Euroscepticism -- Ethnopolitics 'On the Ground': The Sociocultural Dimension -- Trajectories for Further Research -- Bibliography -- Index.
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