"Vassilis Petsinis is to be congratulated for producing an important scholastic work that informs the reader of important political cross-currents in two important parts of the European continent."

-Karl Cordell, The University of Plymouth, UK

"In his highly engaging and empirically rich new book, Petsinis updates earlier scholarly debates on Ethnopolitics-in particular, theoretical works on the triadic and quadratic nexus approaches-to take account of more recent political developments such as Euroscepticism, right-wing populism and nativism."

-Richard C. M. Mole, Professor of Political Sociology, School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, UK "Vassilis Petsinis offers an original and innovative look at the many dimensions of ethnopolitics in Central and Eastern Europe." -Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham, UK

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.

Autorentext

Vassilis Petsinis us Senior Research Fellow in Comparative Politics at the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies (University of Tartu, Estonia) within the frame of the Horizon 2020 POPREBEL international project. He is a political scientist with an expertise in European Politics and Ethnopolitics. His Marie Sklodowska-Curie (MSCA-IF) individual research project at the University of Tartu (2017-2019) was entitled: 'Patterns and management of ethnic relations in the Western Balkans and the Baltic States' (project ID: 749400-MERWBKBS). Vassilis Petsinis has developed a regional specialization in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. He has conducted research and taught at universities and research institutes in Estonia (Tartu University), Germany (Herder Institut in Marburg), Denmark (Copenhagen University), Sweden (Lund University, Malmö University, Södertörn University, and Uppsala University), Hungary (Collegium Budapest/Institute for Advanced Study), Slovakia (Comenius University in Bratislava), Romania (New Europe College) and Serbia (University of Novi Sad). Vassilis Petsinis holds a Ph.D. in Russian and East European Studies from the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of National Identity in Serbia: The Vojvodina and a Multiethnic Community in the Balkans (2020) and various academic publications that cover a range of countries as diverse as Serbia, Croatia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Estonia, Latvia, and Greece.

Klappentext

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.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction: Setting the Conceptual and Theoretical Frames Chapter 2. Euroscepticism, Minority Rights, and Identity Politics: The Cases of Croatia and Serbia Chapter 3. Institutional Politics, Party Politics, and Ethnopolitics: The Cases of Estonia and Latvia Chapter 4. Geopolitics, Ethnopolitics, and the EU: The Cases of Latvia and Serbia Chapter 5. Geopolitics, Ethnopolitics, and the EU: The Cases of Estonia and Croatia Chapter 6. Final Remarks, Conclusions, and Trajectories for Further Research