• DOI:10.1080/0090599022000011697
Corpus ID: 154588618

Identity construction in Latvia's "singing revolution": Why inter-ethnic conflict failed to occur

@article{Ginkel2002IdentityCI,
  title={Identity construction in Latvia's "singing revolution": Why inter-ethnic conflict failed to occur},
  author={John Ginkel},
  journal={Nationalities Papers},
  year={2002},
  volume={30},
  pages={403 - 433}
}

• John Ginkel
• Published 2002
• Political Science
• Nationalities Papers

Introduction Among the nationalist revolutions that spread across Eastern Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Latvia seceded from the Soviet Union through a relatively benign process marked by the virtual absence of violent conflict. Several issues were conflated in this movement. Latvia's independence was about democracy, historical redress, and national autonomy. Yet, each of these areas included an ethnic component. Would a Latvian democracy make room for Russians? Would Latvians seek… Expand

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