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Ethnic structure, inequality and governance of the public sector in lithuania
Kasatkina, Natalija Beresneviciute, Vida
Kasatkina, Natalija
Beresneviciute, Vida
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"The research report consists of four main parts related to the ethnic composition of Lithuania and its impact on different policy issues that will be covered in the perspective of the unipolar ethnic structure of Lithuania. The first section deals with the general situation in relation to the ethnic composition and its changes in the last decades. It covers issues of migration processes, focusing on peculiarities of both the Soviet period and the independent state. It includes a discussion of distribution of ethnic minorities throughout the country and a short overview of peculiarities of ethnic minorities of Lithuania. Also, a short overview of four administrative units to be analyzed further is presented. As a separate chapter, this section includes elaboration of social and cultural cleavages of ethnic minorities that are disclosed within the discussion about the aspects of social adaptation focusing on the issues of social relations of minority groups, educational attainments and differences among ethnic groups. When analyzing social disadvantages, emphasis is placed on the matters and trends of employment, labour market segmentation, unemployment rates and some aspects of the ethnic structure in the private sector. A separate chapter covers a short overview of the Soviet period focusing on its impact on the ethnic structure of the state. The following section of the report deals with ethnic cleavages in the public sector. The legal mechanism and framework of ethnic minority issues, mostly related to the protection of minority rights, will be shortly reviewed at the beginning. This part of the section reflects an official attitude of governmental institutions towards the rights and opportunities of ethnic groups. With reference to the issues of ethnic cleavages in politics, the main emphasis will be placed on election rules and the following key public institutions, both on the national and local levels: parliament (the Seimas) and political parties, executive bodies of the government, civil service and electoral, administrative bodies on the local level of municipalities. The analysis will further elaborate on the issues regarding representation or uneven distribution of offices and posts and on how this could be viewed and treated; and conclusions on possible determinants of the situation and their relation to the public at large will be made. The final chapter is related to the public policy on civic and political participation of ethnic minority groups. The latter will cover major institutions and documents related to the ethnic policy and its strategic perspectives. Also, taking into account the main findings of the report, recommendatory notes are presented, which mainly focus on the measures aimed at increasing and encouraging visible participation of minorities."(pg 6)
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2004-01
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