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Political dejection in a divided society: a challenge for Latvia's democracy?
Ist Teil von
Journal of Baltic studies, 2021-10, Vol.52 (4), p.521-546
Ort / Verlag
Abingdon: Routledge
Erscheinungsjahr
2021
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Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
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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 speak the national language and respect government institutions coincides with portrayals of ethnic minorities as a challenge to democracy. The focus on nation-state building has resulted in persistently low levels of political engagement and public confidence among the citizenry. Public survey data shows that many voters believe their concerns have been neglected by elected representatives, who have fixed their attention on ethnopolitical issues. While we see no demonstrable correlation between ethnicity and levels of political dejection, ethnonational politics explains unstable voter-representative relations and electoral volatility during the Saeima elections from 2010-2018. These unanticipated effects of nation-state building on Latvia's electoral politics invite a rethinking of the relationship between voters and their elected representatives in democratically consolidated, yet divided nations.