"The theme of ethnic problems and politics is neither new nor unexamined in Latvia, but this volume offers valuable material from media and parliamentary discourse that shows how and why ethnicity continues to be so central in Latvia’s society and institutions. It should appeal to those who seek to better understand ethnic divisions in Latvia, as well as scholars with an interest in the ways in which the mass media both refl ects and constructs popular societal and political discourses." – in: Slavic Review 71/1 (Spring 2012)"The book’s interdisciplinary basis, ranging from political sciences to sociology to history, makes it interesting for scholars of many different backgrounds. As the Latvian context is explained from its very foundations, the book can also be recommended to readers new to the topic. Inasmuch as the book provides many new aspects and fresh ideas it is also of interest to readers already familiar with the Latvian situation." – in: Europe-Asia Studies 64/4 (2012)

• Note on political party names in English and LatvianMaria Golubeva and Robert Gould: ForewordRobert Gould: Some Recent Discourses of Exclusion in the EUThe Media, the Parties and the Negotiation of Political Power in a Baltic LandscapeAuksė Balčytienė: Baltic Media Structures and the Influence of MediaAnda Rožukalne: Latvian Print Media as Opinion LeadersIveta Kažoka: Latvian Political Party System and the Discourse on Political PartiesFrom Rhetoric to Political Agenda: the Construction of Ethnic Political Identity in the Latvian MediaAnda Rožukalne: The Construction of Ethnic Political Identity and the Mechanisms of Exclusion in the Latvian-language MediaAmmon Cheskin: The Discursive Construction of “Russian-speakers”: The Russian-language Media and Demarcated Political Identities in LatviaHistorical Notions and Strategies of Exclusion in Latvian PoliticsMaria Golubeva: Multiculturalism as Imperialism: Condemnation of Social Diversity within a Discourse of Threat and BlameMaria Golubeva and Iveta Kažoka: Moral Superiority and the Soviet Stigma: Parliamentary Speech and Attribution of Blame in Political DiscoursesMaria Golubeva and Robert Gould: Afterword

"The theme of ethnic problems and politics is neither new nor unexamined in Latvia, but this volume offers valuable material from media and parliamentary discourse that shows how and why ethnicity continues to be so central in Latvia’s society and institutions. It should appeal to those who seek to better understand ethnic divisions in Latvia, as well as scholars with an interest in the ways in which the mass media both refl ects and constructs popular societal and political discourses." – in: Slavic Review 71/1 (Spring 2012)"The book’s interdisciplinary basis, ranging from political sciences to sociology to history, makes it interesting for scholars of many different backgrounds. As the Latvian context is explained from its very foundations, the book can also be recommended to readers new to the topic. Inasmuch as the book provides many new aspects and fresh ideas it is also of interest to readers already familiar with the Latvian situation." – in: Europe-Asia Studies 64/4 (2012)

• Note on political party names in English and LatvianMaria Golubeva and Robert Gould: ForewordRobert Gould: Some Recent Discourses of Exclusion in the EUThe Media, the Parties and the Negotiation of Political Power in a Baltic LandscapeAuksė Balčytienė: Baltic Media Structures and the Influence of MediaAnda Rožukalne: Latvian Print Media as Opinion LeadersIveta Kažoka: Latvian Political Party System and the Discourse on Political PartiesFrom Rhetoric to Political Agenda: the Construction of Ethnic Political Identity in the Latvian MediaAnda Rožukalne: The Construction of Ethnic Political Identity and the Mechanisms of Exclusion in the Latvian-language MediaAmmon Cheskin: The Discursive Construction of “Russian-speakers”: The Russian-language Media and Demarcated Political Identities in LatviaHistorical Notions and Strategies of Exclusion in Latvian PoliticsMaria Golubeva: Multiculturalism as Imperialism: Condemnation of Social Diversity within a Discourse of Threat and BlameMaria Golubeva and Iveta Kažoka: Moral Superiority and the Soviet Stigma: Parliamentary Speech and Attribution of Blame in Political DiscoursesMaria Golubeva and Robert Gould: Afterword

"The theme of ethnic problems and politics is neither new nor unexamined in Latvia, but this volume offers valuable material from media and parliamentary discourse that shows how and why ethnicity continues to be so central in Latvia’s society and institutions. It should appeal to those who seek to better understand ethnic divisions in Latvia, as well as scholars with an interest in the ways in which the mass media both refl ects and constructs popular societal and political discourses." – in: Slavic Review 71/1 (Spring 2012)"The book’s interdisciplinary basis, ranging from political sciences to sociology to history, makes it interesting for scholars of many different backgrounds. As the Latvian context is explained from its very foundations, the book can also be recommended to readers new to the topic. Inasmuch as the book provides many new aspects and fresh ideas it is also of interest to readers already familiar with the Latvian situation." – in: Europe-Asia Studies 64/4 (2012)

• Note on political party names in English and LatvianMaria Golubeva and Robert Gould: ForewordRobert Gould: Some Recent Discourses of Exclusion in the EUThe Media, the Parties and the Negotiation of Political Power in a Baltic LandscapeAuksė Balčytienė: Baltic Media Structures and the Influence of MediaAnda Rožukalne: Latvian Print Media as Opinion LeadersIveta Kažoka: Latvian Political Party System and the Discourse on Political PartiesFrom Rhetoric to Political Agenda: the Construction of Ethnic Political Identity in the Latvian MediaAnda Rožukalne: The Construction of Ethnic Political Identity and the Mechanisms of Exclusion in the Latvian-language MediaAmmon Cheskin: The Discursive Construction of “Russian-speakers”: The Russian-language Media and Demarcated Political Identities in LatviaHistorical Notions and Strategies of Exclusion in Latvian PoliticsMaria Golubeva: Multiculturalism as Imperialism: Condemnation of Social Diversity within a Discourse of Threat and BlameMaria Golubeva and Iveta Kažoka: Moral Superiority and the Soviet Stigma: Parliamentary Speech and Attribution of Blame in Political DiscoursesMaria Golubeva and Robert Gould: Afterword