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Political Culture : Values and Identities in the Baltic Sea Region /
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 identiti...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag GmbH,
2011.
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| Colección: | Baltic Sea Region: Nordic Dimensions - European Perspectives.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Is "Market" Still a Dirty Word?Media Against Old Barriers; Polarisation of the Internet Cultures Among Young Baltic People; Hoped-for, Fictional or Real?; "New-regional" Identities; Virtual Democracy or Political Discussion?; Risk-society and "Hybrid" Are Alive; Words and Net-contacts Shaping Our World Views and the Concept of a Hospitable World; Appendix; References; Carsten Yndigegn: A Common Baltic Identity: Problems and Perspectivesfor Baltic Youth; Method; Description of Simple Statistics; Affiliation with Spatial Identities; Possibilities of Baltic Identity.
- Preface; Mikko Lagerspetz:Post-Socialist Transformations as Identity Transformations; Introduction; Identity and the Nation State; Identity as a Location and Choice; Preliminary Conclusions; Suggestions for Research; References; Kari Paakkunainen: Global Openness or Fundamentalism? Baltic Youth in the Internet; Modern Communication Technology
- Promising a Better Future: Where Are We Heading?; Few Conscious Contacts to the Foreign Countries -but the Internet is Free; No Boundaries
- New Eroticism; Digital Creativeness Enhances the Attraction of Internet Games.
- Internet and Spatial IdentityConclusion; References; Vello Pettai: Studying Political Culture in Post-Communist Europe; Introduction; Political Culture
- the Original Model; Alternative Conceptualizations; How Far Does "Political Culture" Reach?; Political Culture as "Rubric"; Political Culture in Post-Communist Europe; Conclusion; References; Ole Borre: Social Trust in the Baltic Sea Region; Introduction; Previous Research; Social Networks; Social Status; Authoritarian Values; Combined Effect of Network, Income, and Conformity; The Politics of Social Trust and Distrust.
- Socialists and LiberalsDemocratic Satisfaction and Political Activism; Nationalism and the Pluralist Society; Evaluation of Effects; References; Karin Hilmer Pedersen · Lars Johannsen: The Talk of the Town: Comparing Corruption in the Baltic States and Poland; Some Problems in the Study of Corruption; Definition and Typology of Corruption; Difficulties in Measuring Corruption; Corruption: Commonness and Character; Commonness; Character; Causes of Corruption; Is Corruption a Severe Problem?; References.
- Andreas Selliaas: Different Faces of Different Phases: Estonia, Latvia and the EU Minority Rights StandardsIntroduction; Start-Stop Process or Smooth Socialisation?; Phases and Phases; Different Faces of Different Phases; Estonia; Latvia; Conclusions: Entering a New Phase?; References; Sten Berglund · Kjetil Duvold · Joakim Ekman: The Baltic States and the European Challenge: Independence versus Security; Introduction; The Baltic States from Soviet Occupation to European Integration; Thou Shalt Love Thy Union; In it for the Money?; Foreign and Security Policy: the External Factor.