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Constructivist memory politics: Armenian genocide recognition in Latvia
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences, Sociology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2807-5931
2023 (English)In: International Affairs, ISSN 0020-5850, E-ISSN 1468-2346, Vol. 99, no 2, p. 805-824Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Scholars have done a great deal to unpack the motivations sitting behind nationalists’ appropriation of Holocaust-related memory laws in several eastern European and Baltic states. While these accounts have shed important light on memory politics, there remains much scope for further study. For example, several Eastern European and Baltic states have passed resolutions recognizing the Armenian genocide, as well. Furthermore, the existing literature does not provide any analytical tools to conceptualize the dynamic and complex processes giving rise to memory laws. This article broadens the memory laws scholarship through an original analysis of Latvia's Armenian genocide recognition resolution of 2021. The findings highlight how diverse actors support and pass memory laws through a process of constructivist memory politics. Constructivist memory politics involves the strategies political actors employ to change the salience or meaning of historical events in the creation and promotion of memory laws. Although the analysis focuses on a single case, it provides the analytical tools to reorient how scholars approach memory laws both in Europe and elsewhere.

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Oxford University Press, 2023. Vol. 99, no 2, p. 805-824
Keywords [en]
International Relations Theory, International Governance, Law and Ethics, Europe
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Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology) History
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Baltic and East European studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-50997DOI: 10.1093/ia/iiad022Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85165681410OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-50997DiVA, id: diva2:1736636
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The Foundation for Baltic and East European StudiesAvailable from: 2023-02-14 Created: 2023-02-14 Last updated: 2023-08-25Bibliographically approved

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