TY - JOUR
T1 - The politics of European integration and minority rights in Estonia and Latvia
AU - Galbreath, David J
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This paper explores the nationalising policies of Estonia and Latvia in the wake of independence restoration from the incorporation into the Soviet Union. As in all newly independent postcommu-nist states, the national question consumed the initial stages of the democratisation process. The case studies provide an example of the EU's political conditionality in promoting conditions in which the resolution of ethnic conflicts becomes possible. The EU's commitment to cohesion, cooperation and multiculturalism is at this stage an elite-led process, whilst the integration of ethnic groups within states requires a society-wide readjustment to new institutions.
AB - This paper explores the nationalising policies of Estonia and Latvia in the wake of independence restoration from the incorporation into the Soviet Union. As in all newly independent postcommu-nist states, the national question consumed the initial stages of the democratisation process. The case studies provide an example of the EU's political conditionality in promoting conditions in which the resolution of ethnic conflicts becomes possible. The EU's commitment to cohesion, cooperation and multiculturalism is at this stage an elite-led process, whilst the integration of ethnic groups within states requires a society-wide readjustment to new institutions.
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15705850308438852
U2 - 10.1080/15705850308438852
DO - 10.1080/15705850308438852
M3 - Article
SN - 1570-5854
VL - 4
SP - 35
EP - 53
JO - Perspectives on European Politics and Society
JF - Perspectives on European Politics and Society
IS - 1
ER -
