Instrumental and cultural considerations in constructing European identity among ethnic minority groups in Lithuania in a generational perspective

Waechter, Natalia

doi:10.1080/00905992.2016.1258048

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“…From another side, they strongly associate negative consequences with the EU membership: social, economic, and ecologic problems. This finding is consistent with the previous research in Lithuania which has shown that perceived threats to their country due to EU membership do not allow the minority of Russians to identify with Europe or the EU ( Waechter, 2017 ). In turn, cultural considerations are particularly important for construction of ethnic identity.…”

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confidence: 92%

Identity Multiplicity in an Ethnic and Religious Minority in Latvia: Old Believer Youth

Stašulāne

2021

Front. Sociol.

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The paper explores the relationship between the religious identity and the ethnic and national identities of Old Believer youth in Latvia. This case is of particular interest in providing an in-depth insight into the intersection of ethnicity, nationality and religion, as the Old Believers are an ethnic and religious minority living in Latvia. Applying the concepts of multiple identities, this article explores the role of religion played in the integration of identity among young people belonging to the Old Believer religious community: their self-understanding as a composition of intersecting identities that influence each other; the manifestations of the intersection of various identities; the relationship of identity integration to religion. The analysis is based on the findings of ethnographic research conducted in the Old Believer youth group in Daugavpils (Latvia) within a framework of the international project “Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future”, funded from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under Grant Agreement No. 770464. The author has highlighted that today’s rapid changes are leading to identity crisis: an individual faces difficulty in shaping and maintaining a stable identity, since economic life is becoming increasingly unpredictable and communities are becoming fragmented. The identity of Latvian Old Believer youth forms and develops in a local cultural context, and is affected by the social change. The qualitative data collected during the fieldwork provided a useful resource for an analysis of belonging, the crucial factor in the formation of identity for Old Believer youth. As the voices of young people in this study reveal, three types of belonging characterize Old Believer youth: their ethnicity, which interacts with national belonging in a complex way; the local belonging, which is stronger than the global one; the European belonging, which conflicts with national belonging and ethnicity.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Identity Multiplicity in an Ethnic and Religious Minority in Latvia: Old Believer Youth

Stašulāne

2021

Front. Sociol.

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“…As concerns affective European identity, young people from new Member States are even more affective than their peers from old Member States. Waechter (2017) links the generational effect to the numerous opportunities that the EU provides for young people regarding travelling, studying and working abroad.…”

Section: Demographicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fostering European Identity

2020

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Over recent years, the concept of ‘European identity’ has received increasing scholarly attention. Despite this progress, political initiatives to foster a shared feeling of Europeanness still appear to be designed largely ad hoc. This contribution aims at providing a link between the existing state of knowledge and policy approaches to promote European identity. With a target group perspective, we develop a classification of measures to promote European identity. This classification is based on the distinctions between a ‘civic’ and a ‘cultural’ European identity. Within this framework, we assess seven proposals: transnational party lists for the European Parliament, an EU Citizens’ Assembly, EU consular offices, a Pensioners’ Erasmus, a ‘European Waltz’ program, an EU public service broadcaster, and a European bank holiday. We conclude that current identity strategies suffer from too narrow target groups that already tend to have a European perspective.

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“…It might make a difference if PMB share their religious identity with the majority group members they have contact with. Also identification with superordinate entities may play a role, for example identification with Europe or the European Union (e.g., Teney, Hanquinet, & B€ urkin, 2016;Waechter, 2017). Therefore, future studies may also differentiate between positive and negative contact with majority group members having the same or a different religious affiliation.…”

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“…Second, other forms of identification beyond identification with the majority, minority, and religious group may function as mediators, for example identification with the inhabitants of a city, region, or neighborhood PMB live in (e.g., Fleischmann & Phalet, 2016). Also identification with superordinate entities may play a role, for example identification with Europe or the European Union (e.g., Teney, Hanquinet, & B€ urkin, 2016;Waechter, 2017). And third, future research may examine other outcome variables (or the effects of acculturation attitudes on further outcome variables), like health, employability, or psychological and sociocultural adaptation of PMB.…”

Section: Limitations and Future Researchmentioning

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How positive and negative contact experiences relate to identification and acculturation of persons with a migration background: Differentiating between majority, minority, and religious group identity

Sixtus

Wesche

Tsantila

et al. 2019

Euro J Social Psych

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Badea, Jetten, Iyer, and Er‐Rafiy proposed a model that specifies immigrants’ experienced rejection by majority and minority groups and social identification with these groups as predictors of their acculturation attitudes. The present research tested an extended version of this model by assessing (i) both positive and negative contact experiences with majority and minority groups, (ii) social identification with these groups and religious groups, and (iii) acculturation attitudes. We surveyed individuals with Greek (N = 186) and Turkish (N = 138) migration background living in Germany. The proposed model yielded a good fit with the empirical data and showed that positive and negative contact with majority and minority groups predicted minority members’ acculturation attitudes, mediated via identification with the majority, minority, and religious group. Our findings support the extended model and contribute to a broader understanding of contact–identification–acculturation links in the context of migration.

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Instrumental and cultural considerations in constructing European identity among ethnic minority groups in Lithuania in a generational perspective

Cited by 4 publications

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Identity Multiplicity in an Ethnic and Religious Minority in Latvia: Old Believer Youth

Identity Multiplicity in an Ethnic and Religious Minority in Latvia: Old Believer Youth

Fostering European Identity

How positive and negative contact experiences relate to identification and acculturation of persons with a migration background: Differentiating between majority, minority, and religious group identity

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