Search for dissertations about: "Lithuania"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 48 swedish dissertations containing the word Lithuania.

  2. 6. Making sense of Baltic democracy : public support and political representation in nationalising states

    Author : Kjetil Duvold; Sten Berglund; Lars Johannsen; Paul G. Lewis; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; democratisation; consolidation; support for democracy; political culture; political representation; party systems; social cleavages; political community; nation-building; ethnic minorities; post-communism; Baltic countries; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Central and Eastern Europe; the European Union; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

    Abstract : A chief topic of this book is the advance of democracy in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The three countries belong to the most ‘successful’ cases of transition from communist rule to democracy, demonstrated by the fact that they joined the European Union in 2004. READ MORE

  4. 7. The Story Behind the News : Informal and Invisible Interactions between Journalists and Their Sources in Two Countries

    Author : Milda Malling; Lars Nord; Gunnar Nygren; Mattias Ekman; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; journalist; source; relationships; process model of journalistic roles; professional role; informality; unattributed sources; news beat; politics; social tie; trust; reconstruction interview; Lithuania; Swden; political communication;

    Abstract : Journalists encounter some of their sources only episodically, while relationships with other sources involve several social contexts and roles. The political beat, where both reporters and sources have years of experience in the field and interact on regular basis, and where opinions can turn into news, is an arena where relationships and interactions play a special role. READ MORE

  5. 8. A profession in change : a development ecology perspective

    Author : Jonas Christensen; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; change; professions; development ecology; professional autonomy; social work; economics; social entrepreneurship; knowledge acquisition; Germany; Lithuania; SUSA; changement; professions; écologie développement; autonomie professionnelle; travail social; économie; entrepreneuriat social; acquisition de connaissances; Allemagne; Lituanie; economics; social entrepreneurship; social work; professional autonomy; professions; development ecology; change; knowledge acquisition; Lithuania; Germany;

    Abstract : A welfare state consists of a variety of client organisations within which, among other professions, academics and social workers are active. Social work as a profession has developed in a welfare context where changes at the different levels of the individual, organisation and society constantly pose new challenges to the profession. READ MORE

  6. 9. Baltic Sea Ports and Russian Foreign Trade - Studies in the Economic and Political Geography of Transition

    Author : Alf Brodin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Hamnar; transition; Östersjön; transportgeografi; geopolitik; Ryssland; Estland; Lettland; Litauen; Baltikum; fd. Sovjetunionen; handelsstatistik; transithandel; Port; transition; Baltic Sea; transport geography; geopolitics; Russia; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; former Soviet Union; transit trade; trade statistics;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to describe how the changing geopolitical environment in the former Soviet Union (FSU) has created a new transport geography, and thereby resulted in new patterns of foreign trade routes, port competition and market economic adaptation in the Baltic Sea fringe. The geographical limitation is the western part of the FSU and the Baltic Sea. READ MORE

  7. 10. L'Etat, c'est pas moi : Reframing citizenship(s) in the Baltic republics

    Author : Olivier Danjoux; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; consensus; language; ethnicity; culture; urbanity; time; exogamy; post-communism; communism; totalitarianism; Soviet Union; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Baltic; citizenship; nation; conflict; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap;

    Abstract : This book speaks to readers with a particular interest in the Baltic states as well as to those with a broader interest in post-communist democratization and citizenship. The notion of citizenship has not been prominent in academic perspectives on post-communism. This study aims at bringing citizenship back into these perspectives. READ MORE