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Alignments of Latvian economy in the context of European integration
2000
The new managerial generation in Latvia: The nature and role of values
2000
Stimulating return migration to Romania: a multi-method study of returnees’ endorsement of entrepreneurship policies
2020
This study sought to address an important gap in the contemporary literature on intra-European return migration and examines the factors shaping Romanian returnees’ support for return policies base...
Macro-regional strategies of the European Union, Russia and multilevel governance in northern Europe
2017
Regional industrial restructuring resulting from individual and system agency
2018
The article discusses mechanisms and policy that stimulate regional economic restructuring. Economic restructuring is conceptualised through the notion of path development. The article distinguishe...
Latvia in search of a social policy model
1996
Political participation in Latvia 1987–2001
2001
Abstract Political participation is crucial to democracy; we discuss its main features during three stages. The years 1988–91 are marked by anti-regime mobilization and extensive mass activism in support for restoring independence. After a “normalizing” phase between 1992–98 we note contradictory trends in more recent years. Next to conventional political participation one notes increasing protests, referendum initiatives, and corrupt ways of gaining influence.
Christian Lund. Local Politics and the Dynamics of Property in Africa. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2008. xiii + 200 pp. Maps. Tables. Notes…
2010
Nordic cultural policy
2008
The rationale for publishing a special Nordic issue of the IJCP might be to throw into relief a specific Nordic model of cultural policy that deserves international academic interest. It might also...
Explaining the Electoral Failure of Extreme-Right Parties in Estonia and Latvia
2009
Extreme-right political parties have achieved significant electoral success in Europe in recent years. This paper considers why this electoral success has not been replicated in contemporary Estonia and Latvia. The paper begins with a discussion of the necessary background conditions for the success of extreme-right movements, finding that they do largely exist in Estonia and Latvia. The paper then moves on to map the rising levels of extreme-right mobilisation among both titular and Russian-speaking parts of the population. We examine two hypotheses to explain the electoral failure of extreme-right parties: (1) The institutional hypothesis argues that the party and electoral laws check ext…