Author: Aleksander LoitPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Nation-building in the Baltic countries (1850-1918)
Author: Aleksander LoitNation-Building in the Baltic States
Author: Gundar J. KingPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1482250721
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
The product of more than twenty years of research, first-person observations, discussions, and policy analyses, Nation-Building in the Baltic States: Transforming Governance, Social Welfare, and Security in Northern Europe explores the characteristics of the Baltic states as positioned in the northeast corridor in terms of military strife and polit
Nation Building in Baltic States
Author: K. B. UshaPublisher:
ISBN: 9788187393429
Category : Baltic States
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Political Culture in the Baltic States
Author: Kjetil DuvoldPublisher: Springer Nature
ISBN: 3030218449
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
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.
Latvia -- A Work in Progress?
Author: Matthew KottPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 3838267184
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
A quarter century after the formation of the Popular Front and a decade since joining the EU, processes of state- and nation-building in Latvia are still on-going. Issues such as citizenship, language policy, minority rights, democratic legitimacy, economic stability, and security all remain objects of vigorous public discussion. The current situation also reflects longer-standing debates on the relationship between state, nation, and sovereignty in Latvian society and polity. By examining different aspects of these relationships, this volume aims to reveal both key turning points and continuities in Latvia's development, thereby helping to inform current debates.
Civil Society and Nation Building in Estonia and the Baltic States
Author: Rein RuutsooNation-Building and Minority Politics in Post-Socialist States
Author: David J. GalbreathPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 3838254678
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Despite socialism's best efforts, ethnic identity remained a salient feature in Central and Eastern Europe. Not only did ethno-nationalism help to bring about the fall of the socialist regimes in this region, but it also characterized much of the post-socialist politics. Nation-Building and Minority Politics examines the issue of minority politics in post-socialist states within this dual structure. In particular, it offers an in-depth analysis of post-restoration politics in Estonia and Latvia, covering four issues. First, it looks at the historical context of the current group relations. Second, the study explores the domestic nature of minority politics in Estonia and Latvia by looking at domestic politics and policies. Third, it examines the role of the Russian Federation as an 'external national homeland' through illustrating developments within Russian foreign policy. Finally, the book analyses the role of three significant European organizations, namely the OSCE, EU and the Council of Europe as agents of 'conditionality'. Overall, this study combines old and new theoretical approaches to nation-building and minority politics to exhibit the changing nature of the relationship between majority, minority, external national homeland, and international organizations in today's Europe.
The Baltic States
Author: Graham SmithPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 134914150X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
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.
Civil Society and Nation Building in Estonia and the Baltic States
Author: Rein RuutsooPublisher:
ISBN: 9789516348462
Category : Civil society
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
Nation Building And Ethnic Integration In Post-soviet Societies
Author: Jorn Holm-hansenPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429721501
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Of all the states of the former Soviet Union, it is in Latvia and in Kazakstan that the titular nation represents the lowest share of the total population: as of 1997, approximately 57 per cent in Latvia and 50 per cent in Kazakstan. In such a situation it is difficult to see how the titular (Latvian, Kazak) culture can serve as a consolidating ele