Factors Affecting Willingness to Fight for a Country in the Latvian and Russian-speaking Communities in Latvia

National Identities 2021
Ieva Bērziņa, Uldis Zupa

Comprehensive national defence is a security concept, which is based on whole-of-society involvement, therefore the will of society to defend the state is a precondition for it to be effective. The will to defend the state is a moral commitment arising from national identity. However, Latvia’s ethnic structure is setting specific circumstances for this security concept, due to the polarization of views among the Latvian and Russian-speaking communities. This paper addresses the question of how linguistic distinctions affect willingness to fight for a country and expands knowledge on identity patterns in an ethnically diverse society.

Atslēgas vārdi
comprehensive national defence; willingness to fight for a country; Russian-speaking community; Latvia; Russia
DOI
10.1080/14608944.2020.1851668
Hipersaite
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14608944.2020.1851668

Bērziņa, I., Zupa, U. Factors Affecting Willingness to Fight for a Country in the Latvian and Russian-speaking Communities in Latvia. National Identities, 2021, Vol. 23, No. 3, 239.-252.lpp. ISSN 1460-8944. Pieejams: doi:10.1080/14608944.2020.1851668

Publikācijas valoda
English (en)