Sökning: "post-socialist transformation"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden post-socialist transformation.

1. 1. The Emergence of the Post-Socialist Welfare State - The Case of the Baltic States : Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

   Författare :Jolanta Aidukaite; Sven Hort E O; Joakim Palme; Stein Kuhnle; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Post-Socialist Welfare state; Social Policy; Baltic States; Eastern Europe; Sociology; Sociologi; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation takes a step towards providing a better understanding of post-socialist welfare state development from a theoretical as well as an empirical perspective. The overall analytical goal of this thesis has been to critically assess the development of social policies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania using them as illustrative examples of post-socialist welfare state development in the light of the theories, approaches and typologies that have been developed to study affluent capitalist democracies. LÄS MER

3. 2. Parks, Policies and People : Nature Conservation Governance in Post-Socialist EU Countries

   Författare :Natalya Yakusheva; Björn Hassler; Magnus Boström; Annica Kronsell; Stacy Vandeveer; Södertörns högskola; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; national parks; Carpathians; Poland; Slovakia; Europeanization; Central Eastern Europe; multi-level governance; Environmental Studies; Miljövetenskapliga studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Sammanfattning : The national parks in the Carpathian Mountains along the Polish and Slovak border represent encompassing policy agendas that strive to balance biodiversity conservation and social welfare tasks. These countries have, during the last 25 years, undergone rapid transformation from socialist regimes to liberal democracies, and this transformation has affected the political, social and economic spheres. LÄS MER

4. 3. Re-Branding A Nation Online : Discourses on Polish Nationalism and Patriotism

   Författare :Magdalena Kania-Lundholm; Vessela Misheva; Simon Lindgren; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; nationalism; patriotism; nation branding; nation re-branding; cyberspace; Poland; post-socialist transformation; cultural national intimacy; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is two-fold. First, the discussion seeks to understand the concepts of nationalism and patriotism and how they relate to one another. In respect to the more critical literature concerning nationalism, it asks whether these two concepts are as different as is sometimes assumed. LÄS MER

5. 4. Saga och verklighet : Barnboksproduktion i det postsovjetiska Lettland

   Författare :Makiko Kanematsu; Mats Lindqvist; Oscar Pripp; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; field of cultural production; children’s book production; post-socialist studies; post-Soviet transformation; Latvia; nation-building; globalization; Ethnology; Etnologi; Ethnology; etnologi;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of the dissertation is to examine the production of children’s books for the Latvian-speaking population in Latvia and attempt to illustrate how the post-Soviet transformation has affected the conditions surrounding its development. To this end, the study investigates how the economic, political, and cultural aspects of the transformation are perceived and dealt with by actors active in children’s book production. LÄS MER

7. 5. The Dynamics of Innovation in Eastern Europe -Lessons from Estonia

   Författare :Per Högselius; CIRCLE; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Economics; förvaltningskunskap; Statsvetenskap; Political and administrative sciences; Ekonomisk och social historia; Social and economic history; Vetenskapshistoria; History of science; case studies; inherited competencies; proximity; Estonia; telecommunications; systems of innovation; Eastern Europe; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Management of enterprises; Företagsledning; management; systems of innovation;

   Sammanfattning : The overall interest pursued in this thesis is how the former socialist economies of Central and Eastern Europe can build strong and dynamic systems of innovation. The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the dynamics and evolution of the telecommunications system of innovation in Estonia from the late Soviet period to Estonia's EU accession, and to provide an in-depth explanation of how innovation has been enabled to occur in the system. LÄS MER