Search for dissertations about: "post-communist countries."

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  2. 6. Reel Socialism : Making sense of history in Czech and German cinema since 1989

    Author : Sune Bechmann Pedersen; Historia; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Socialism; cinema; communism; history culture; film; memory; Germany; Czech Republic; East Germany; Czechoslovakia; 1989; revolution; retro; nostalgia; Ostalgie; coming to terms with the past;

    Abstract : This thesis is a comparative study of the communist past as depicted in Czech and German feature films since 1989, or ‘reel socialism’. It is the first detailed study of post-1989 Czech history films and the first comparative study of German post-reunification cinema. READ MORE

  4. 7. Doubting democrats? : A comparative analysis of support for democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

    Author : Jonas Linde; Sten Berglund; André-Paul Frognier; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Statsvetenskap; political support; Central and Eastern Europe; democracy; democratisation; democratic consolidation; political culture; regime principles; regime performance; regime institutions; public opinion; European Union; statskunskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

    Abstract : This thesis deals with public support for the democratic political system in the new Central and East European member states of the European Union. The main aim of this study is to analyse democratic consolidation on the attitudinal level. READ MORE

  5. 8. 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

  6. 9. Lost in Mobility? : Labour Migration from Baltic Lithuania to Sweden

    Author : Indre Genelyte; Branka Likic-Brboric; Charles Woolfson; Annette Thörnquist; Jolanta Aidukaite; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Intra-EU mobility; East-West labour migration; Lithuania; Sweden; social transformation; Hirschmanian model.; rörlighet inom EU; öst-västlig arbetskraftsmigration; Litauen; Sverige; social omvandling; Hirschmans modell.;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to make both theoretical and empirical contributions to the understanding of intra-EU mobility, with a focus on labour migration from Lithuania to Sweden. Inspired by a critical realist perspective, the thesis aims to help to explain the dynamics and individual decision-making behind mass labour emigration from the Baltic states, its socioeconomic consequences and policy responses. READ MORE

  7. 10. Reordering of Meaningful Worlds : Memory of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army in Post-Soviet Ukraine

    Author : Yuliya Yurchuk; David Gaunt; Barbara Törnquist-Plewa; Stefan Troebst; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ukraine; memory; Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists; OUN; Ukrainian Insurgent Army; UPA; Rivne; monuments; Volhynia; historical representations; reception of history; nationalism; nation-building; state-building; commemoration; narrative analysis; Klym Savur; Taras Bul ba-Borovet s; Hurby; Euromaidan; Orange Revolution; post-Soviet; post-colonial; reclamation; history-writing; difficult knowledge; remediation; premediation; myth; Second World War; Організація українських націоналістів; Українська Повстанська Армія; ОУН; УПА; пам ять; комеморація; пам ятник; Рівне; Волинь; рецепція історії; міф; Друга світова війна; minne; Organisationen för ukrainska nationalister; minneskulturen; myt; Ukrainska upprorsarmén; reception av monument; monument; problematisk kunskap; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies; historia;

    Abstract : After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian society faced a new reality. The new reality involved consolidation and transformation of collective identities. READ MORE