A society of departure in post-communist Europe

Socio-political reasons behind mass Lithuanian emigration

Bibliographic Data

ID7754303
AuthorsAusra Park (0000-0001-5489-5776, Siena College, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume31
Issue4
Pages407-428
Publication date2015-10-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEast European Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2159-9165 • E-ISSN: 2159-9173
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21599165.2015.1080163
OpenAlexW2103578884
LanguageEN
Citations received16
References cited32

Migration occurs among all states, even under "normal" political conditions. When traumatic changes unfold, migration usually increases dramatically. Although all post-communist states experienced significant migration outflows since the 1990s, Lithuania stands as an anomaly among EU member states, exhibiting the net outmigration rates of –25.2% in 2010 and –12.6% in 2011, which is significantly higher than other post-communist emigrant-states. Situating this article within migration literature debates, and by testing the explanatory powers of migration theories on the selected case, understudied political and social causes that also impact Lithuania's abnormally high emigration rates are closely examined

Communism · Communist state · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Emigration · Immigration · Lithuanian · Mass migration · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Post communist · Sociology · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Urbanization and City Planning