Political Culture In The Baltic States

Author : Kjetil Duvold,Sten Berglund,Joakim Ekman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030218447

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Political Culture in the Baltic States by Kjetil Duvold,Sten Berglund,Joakim Ekman Pdf

The book is the first systematic and comparative effort to capture political culture in the Baltic countries, including political orientation and support for democracy. Revolving around public opinion data from the 1990s and onwards, including two recent surveys commissioned by the authors, the book takes stock of the political climate prevailing in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania a quarter of a century after reclaiming independence and fifteen years after becoming members of NATO and the EU. These three countries share the same geopolitical fate and many contemporary challenges, and yet each has been marked by their own transitions and struggles between nation building and European integration, Western and post-Soviet orientations, and past experience and future aspirations.

Author : Mai-Brith Schartau, Sten Berglund, Mikko Lagerspetz, Bernd Henningsen
Publisher : BWV Verlag
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783830526711

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Political culture Texte imprimé values and identities in the Baltic Sea region The Baltic Sea region: Northern dimensions - European perspectives by Mai-Brith Schartau, Sten Berglund, Mikko Lagerspetz, Bernd Henningsen Pdf

Reconciling the diversity of political cultures, values and national identities with the European integration project is one of the most fundamental challenges contemporary Europe is facing. This challenge is readily apparent in the Baltic Sea region with its mosaic of peoples, cultures and identities. The impact of the ongoing process of European integration on the post-Communist societies on the Eastern rim of the Baltic Sea is indisputable. The negotiations between the European Union and the East European candidate countries were in fact accompanied by a large scale transfer of organization.

Author : Mai-Brith Schartau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Baltic States
ISBN : 3830526717

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Political Culture by Mai-Brith Schartau Pdf

Reconciling the diversity of political cultures, values and national identities with the European integration project is one of the most fundamental challenges contemporary Europe is facing. This challenge is readily apparent in the Baltic Sea region with its mosaic of peoples, cultures and identities. The impact of the ongoing process of European integration on the post-Communist societies on the Eastern rim of the Baltic Sea is indisputable. The negotiations between the European Union and the East European candidate countries were in fact accompanied by a large scale transfer of organizational models and administrative routines designed to protect human rights and promote democracy. But European integration is just one of the challenges confronting countries, which are also engaged in state- and nation-building as well as democratic consolidation. The countries on the Western rim of the Baltic Sea have also been exposed to the increasing pressure of globalization and European integration. The three former Soviet republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have been up against yet another challenge. After almost half a century of Soviet tutelage, they now have to engage in independent state- and nation-building. Theoretically, this made Baltic democracy particularly fragile. Yet the Baltic countries have also passed this litmus test. This book may in fact be seen as a tribute to the Baltic democracy. It is different from the democracy in the Nordic countries; it is different from the democracy in neighbouring Central Europe, but it is readily apparent that we are dealing with variations on a common theme.aReiheThe Baltic Sea Region: Nordic Dimensions - European Perspectives - Band 8"

Author : Witold Maciejewski
Publisher : Baltic University Press
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Baltic Sea Region
ISBN : 9789197357982

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The Baltic Sea Region by Witold Maciejewski Pdf

Author : Walter Rothholz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Baltic Coast
ISBN : UOM:39015060561373

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Political Culture in the Baltic Sea Area and in Eastern Europe by Walter Rothholz Pdf

Author : Diana Mincyte,Ulrike Plath
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351788038

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Food Culture and Politics in the Baltic States by Diana Mincyte,Ulrike Plath Pdf

This book focuses on food culture and politics in three Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. In popular and scholarly writings, the Baltic states are often seen as a meat-and-potatoes kind of place, inferior to sophisticated cuisines of the West and exotic diets in the East. Such views stem from the long intellectual tradition that focuses on political and cultural centers as sources of progress. But, as a new generation of writers has argued, in order to fully grasp the ongoing cultural and political changes, we need to shift the focus from capital cities such as Paris, Berlin, Rome, or Moscow to everyday life in borderland regions that are primary arenas where such transformations unfold. Building on this perspective, chapters featured in this book examine how identities were negotiated through the implementation of new food laws, how tastes were reinvented during imperial encounters, and how ethnic and class boundaries were both maintained and transgressed in Baltic kitchens over the course of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In so doing, the book not only explores culinary practices across the region, but also offers a new vantage point for understanding everyday life and the entanglement between nature and culture in modern Europe. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Baltic Studies.

Author : D. Auers
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137369970

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Comparative Politics and Government of the Baltic States by D. Auers Pdf

This book traces the development of the political institutions, electoral systems, parties, civil society, economic and social policies and foreign affairs of the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania over the last quarter century.

Author : Norbert Götz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351776585

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Civil Society in the Baltic Sea Region by Norbert Götz Pdf

This title was first published in 2003. The Baltic Sea region offers exceptionally rich material for the discussion of civil society. This is because it has witnessed the erosion of communist regimes, the crisis of the welfare state, the increasing importance of new social movements and the shift from a centralist paradigm to one oriented towards networks. This engaging book focuses on the phenomena and prospects for civil society in north-eastern Europe which have had a major impact on political and scholarly debates since 1989. Nineteen experts from the region provide a comprehensive and comparative account of the history, the present state and the perspectives of civil society in the Baltic Sea area. The reader will learn that civil society should not only be seen in opposition to the state and that it has a major impact on current developments of European integration.

Author : Graham Smith
Publisher : Springer
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781349141500

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The Baltic States by Graham Smith Pdf

The Baltic States examines the struggles of the Baltic peoples for national self-determination. It is divided into two parts. Part one explores their nationalist awakening, how the realization of national self-determination during the inter-war years of independent statehood manifested itself, and the impact that fifty years of subsequent incorporation into the Soviet Union has had on Baltic politics and national cultures. Part two examines the nationalist reawakening in the late 1980s, the re-establishment of Baltic national self-governance in 1990-91 and the problems that these countries now face as sovereign entities.

Author : Thomas Lane,Artis Pabriks,Aldis Purs,David J. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136483110

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The Baltic States by Thomas Lane,Artis Pabriks,Aldis Purs,David J. Smith Pdf

Since the end of the Cold War there has been an increased interest in the Baltics. The Baltic States brings together three titles, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to provide a comprehensive and analytical guide integrating history, political science, economic development and contemporary events into one account. Since gaining their independence, each country has developed at its own pace with its own agenda and facing its own obstacles. The authors examine the tensions accompanying a post-communist return to Europe after the long years of separation and how each country has responded to the demands of becoming a modern European state. Estonia was the first of the former Soviet republics to enter membership negotiations with the European Union in 1988 and is a potential candidate for the next round of EU expansion in 2004. Lithuania and Latvia have also expressed their desire for future membership of NATO and the EU.

Author : Eva-Clarita Pettai
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317979708

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Memory and Pluralism in the Baltic States by Eva-Clarita Pettai Pdf

Memories, both in individual and collective form, still have a significant impact on how people relate to political processes in Europe today. While much has been written about top-down attempts by states and political actors to mould people’s memories of the past through public commemoration, textbooks or monuments, this volume takes a view from below by focusing on different types of societal actors and the ways in which they interact with the political world in order to influence collective memory. Presented within a comprehensive conceptual framework, the empirical cases focus on three countries of the former Soviet Union: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. They show that different or even antagonistic perceptions of the recent past not only appear between different ethnic groups, but also between socio-economic groups, different age groups or generations as well as between women and men. Moreover, they give an impressive account on the multiple ways in which these perceptions empower individuals and groups to seek greater influence in the construction of collective memory. The volume, therefore, not only provides a valuable and fresh perspective on the relationship between social memory and democratic politics, but also contributes to post-Communist regional studies in the enlarged European Union. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Baltic Studies.

Author : Baiba Metuzāle-Kangere
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015060666693

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The Ethnic Dimension in Politics and Culture in the Baltic Countries 1920-1945 by Baiba Metuzāle-Kangere Pdf

"This volume treats the interrelated topics of politics, national culture and minorities. The articles span from the notion of cultural autonomy to authoritarian regimes and harsh dictatorships as well as the manifestation of these in language and literature. With its delicately poised geographic position between two great powers in the 20th century causing turbulent and often violent historical climates, the Baltic area is a microcosm for research on the complex of these problems. Contents include: Paul Schiemann on Reconciling `Nation' and `State,' The `Russian Question' Yesterday and Today: Mikhail Kurchinskii and the Lessons of the Inter-War Period, Ewald Ammende: His Vision for the Organization of National Minorities in Europe, The Multilingual Parliament: Language Choice by Non-Estonian Members of Parliament in Parliamentary Debates in Estonia 1919-1934, Language Policy and Linguistics under Ulmanis, Political Identity and Nationalism, Literature under the Ulmanis Regime, Bending the Mind in a Free Country, Lithuania, Jews in Latvian Literature and Society in the 1920s and 1930s."

Author : Diana Mincyte,Ulrike Plath
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 1315203448

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Food Culture and Politics in the Baltic States by Diana Mincyte,Ulrike Plath Pdf

"This ;book focuses on food culture and politics in three Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. In popular and scholarly writings, the Baltic states are often seen as a meat-and-potatoes kind of place, inferior to sophisticated cuisines of the West and exotic diets in the East. Such views stem from the long intellectual tradition that focuses on political and cultural centers as sources of progress. But, as a new generation of writers has argued, in order to fully grasp the ongoing cultural and political changes, we need to shift the focus from capital cities such as Paris, Berlin, Rome, or Moscow to everyday life in borderland regions that are primary arenas where such transformations unfold. Building on this perspective, chapters featured in this ;book examine how identities were negotiated through the implementation of new food laws, how tastes were reinvented during imperial encounters, and how ethnic and class boundaries were both maintained and transgressed in Baltic kitchens over the course of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In so doing, the ;book not only explores culinary practices across the region, but also offers a new vantage point for understanding everyday life and the entanglement between nature and culture in modern Europe. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Baltic Studies."--Provided by publisher.

Author : Marju Lauristin,Peeter Vihalemm
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Baltic States
ISBN : UOM:39015048565975

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Return to the Western World by Marju Lauristin,Peeter Vihalemm Pdf

Author : Dovile Budryte
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351896207

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Taming Nationalism? Political Community Building in the Post-Soviet Baltic States by Dovile Budryte Pdf

Revisiting the process of political community building in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, this book analyzes the roles that international actors have played in these processes and assesses the unintended consequences of this involvement. The study differs from other works on ethnic minorities and nationalism in the former Soviet Union by exploring the use of minority rights discourse and the salience of historical memory. Case studies examine the transformation of nationalism in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - all former Soviet republics - which have experienced Soviet nationalities policy first-hand. Primarily intended for an academic audience and practitioners interested in promoting tolerance in multi-ethnic societies, the book's historical narrative will also appeal to readers with a general interest in the former Soviet Union and post-Communism.