LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Posovietinės šalys; Baltijos šalys (Baltic states); Etninės mažumos; Post-Soviet countries; Baltic countries; Ethnic minorities.
ENThe focus of this chapter will be the management of multi-ethnic coexistence in the post-Soviet transition. It will examine the peculiarities of the transition in each of the Baltic countries in terms of inter-ethnic relations and government policy. The chapter will examine the complex of problems relating to ethnicity, nationalism, ethnic conflict and its resolution, institutions, and the political participation of ethnic minorities in the Baltic states. Particular emphasis will be placed on assessing the importance and socio-political effects of the changing ethnic structure in each of these states as well as their relations with Russia in this regard. [Publisher annotation]