A society of departure in post-communist Europe

Socio-political reasons behind mass Lithuanian emigration

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7754303
AutoresAusra Park (0000-0001-5489-5776, Siena College, autor correspondente)
Ano2015
Volume31
Fascículo4
Páginas407-428
Data de publicação2015-10-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEast European Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2159-9165 • E-ISSN: 2159-9173
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21599165.2015.1080163
OpenAlexW2103578884
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas32

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