Ethnic relations and ethnic policy in the Baltic States

IDevice Icon The Objectives
  • To provide a general overview about the ethnic relations, citizenship policy and ethnic policy in the Baltic States
  • To compare ethnic policies and ethnic relations in three Baltic States
  • To provide a general overview about the current situation and the problems related to ethnic relations in Baltic countries

The Outcomes of the Learning Object:
  • The basic knowledge about ethnic relations in the Baltic countries and problems related to it
  • The basic knowledge about the models of citizenship policy and ethnic policy implemented in the Baltic States

The target group
Foreign students interested in the Baltic States

Learning material consits of:

  • 2 video lectures: Part 1 (60 minutes) and Part 2 (24 minutes).
  • 5 exercises
The video lectures for the 7th lecture of the course "Baltic Politics and Government".

Technical Requirements: no special software is required, only flash player (download Adobe Flash Player) and pdf reader (download Adobe Reader) are needed.
Passing the learning object takes approximately 8 academic hours

Author of the Learning Object:
Tõnis Saarts, lecturer of Political Science, Institute of Political Science and Public Administration, Tallinn University

Tõnis Saarts, Tallinn University 2009