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Vanished Kingdoms
'The past is a foreign country' has become a truism, yet the past differs from the present in many unfamiliar ways and historical memory is extraordinarily imperfect. The degree to which we think of the European past as the history of France, Germany, Britain, Russia and so on, actually obstructs our view of former reality, and blunts our sensitivity to the ever-changing political landscape. Europe's past is littered with kingdoms, empires and republics which no longer exist but which were some of the most important entities of their day - 'the Empire of Aragon', which dominated the western Mediterranean in the thirteenth century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the largest country in Europe f...
Toward Nationalizing Regimes
The collapse of the Soviet Union famously opened new venues for the theories of nationalism and the study of processes and actors involved in these new nation-building processes. In this comparative study, Kudaibergenova takes the new states and nations of Eurasia that emerged in 1991, Latvia and Kazakhstan, and seeks to better understand the phenomenon of post-Soviet states tapping into nationalism to build legitimacy. What explains this difference in approaching nation-building after the collapse of the Soviet Union? What can a study of two very different trajectories of development tell us about the nature of power, state and nationalizing regimes of the ‘new’ states of Eurasia? Toward Nationalizing Regimes finds surprising similarities in two such apparently different countries—one “western” and democratic, the other “eastern” and dictatorial.
The Revolutions of 1989
Only a few people foresaw the sudden and momentous events of 1989: within months the seemingly unshakable communist regimes of Eastern Europe were washed away and with them the postwar international order. This book gives an overview over the national revolutions and external reactions. It contains chapters on the revolutions in all major countries of the former communist bloc as well as on the responses of all major international players. The first part examines the revolutionary events - from above and from below - in Eastern Europe as well as China and their backgrounds. The second part deals with Soviet and Western perceptions and responses. The third part focuses on the aftermath of the revolutions, on societal transformations, the acceptance of the new Central European democracies to NATO and the EU, and on the memory of 1989.
Perestrojka, pobaltské republiky a Československo 1988-1991
Kniha o vztahovém trianglu mezi Sovětským svazem, Pobaltím a Československem v letech 1988-1991 si pokládá otázku analogie i asymetričnosti demokratizačních a emancipačních procesů souvisejících s krizí sovětského vnějšího a vnitřního impéria. Zabývá se analýzou podnětů, prolínání a vzájemných vlivů sametové revoluce v Československu a "zpívající revoluce" v Pobaltí. Výzkum těchto vztahů má význam pro pochopení peripetií evoluce litevské a v širším smyslu celé pobaltské otázky v kontextu československé politiky. Pozornost je věnována také váze a způsobu fungování stimulačních faktorů i brzd pro obnovení vztahů s Litvou a ostatními pobaltskými republikami, do nichž se zároveň promítala úroveň vztahů se Sovětským svazem. Vnímání pobaltské otázky souviselo s postojem vedení československého státu i společnosti nejen k pobaltské revoluci, ale zároveň ke gorbačovské perestrojce, k demontáži komunistického systému a následnému rozpadu Sovětského svazu.
Historical Dictionary of Latvia
Latvia is located on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. After a brief period of independence between the two World Wars, Latvia was annexed by the USSR in 1940. It reestablished its independence in 1991 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. Although the last Russian troops left in 1994. Latvia continues to revamp its economy for eventual integration into various Western European political and economic institutions. Since May 2004 Latvia is a member of the European Union. This third edition of Historical Dictionary of Latvia contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Latvia.
Geschichte als Politikum
"Geschichte als Politikum" analysiert den lettischen Transformationsprozess der letzten 25 Jahre (1990 bis 2015). Das Hauptaugenmerk liegt auf dem Dilemma der gespaltenen lettischen Gesellschaft - mit den Letten auf der einen und der russischsprachigen Bevölkerung auf der anderen Seite. Ansatzpunkt ist die These, dass es sich hier nicht primär um einen ethnischen Konflikt handelt, sondern um einen Gegensatz, bei dem unterschiedliche historische und kulturelle Deutungen im Zentrum stehen. Der lettische Diskurs um die Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts ist gekennzeichnet von dem Bedürfnis nach Anerkennung der lettischen Opfer kommunistischer Verbrechen, wobei die Deportationen unter Stalin ein...
