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1. 6. Back on the map : essays on financial markets in the Baltic States

   Författare :Albina Soultanaeva; Kurt Brännäs; Hossein Asgharian; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :Financial Markets; Time series; GARCH; Asymmetry; News; nationalekonomi; Economics;

   Sammanfattning :  This thesis consists of five self-contained papers, which are all related to the financial markets in the three Baltic States, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.  Paper [I] studies the impact of news from the Moscow and New York stock exchanges on the returns and volatilities of the Baltic States' stock market indices using a time series model that accounts for asymmetries in the conditional mean and variance functions. LÄS MER

3. 7. The Government Used to Hide the Truth, But Now We Can Speak : Contemporary Esotericism in Ukraine 1986–2014

   Författare :Kateryna Zorya; Per Faxneld; Simon Sorgenfrei; Oleg Yarosh; Södertörns högskola; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; esotericism; occultism; magic; Ukrainian history; Soviet history; transmission of esoteric ideas; intelligentsia; intellectuals; history of ideas.; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Sammanfattning : The dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991, marked the end of what has been called the most extensive sociological experiment in history. Newly formed post-Soviet states found themselves in a state of total anomie—a society-wide collapse of social norms. LÄS MER

4. 8. Cross-Border Recognition of Formalized Same-Sex Relationships in Europe : The Role of Ordre Public in the Baltic States and Poland

   Författare :Laima Vaige; Maarit Jänterä-Jareborg; Mosa Sayed; Máire Ní Shuilleabháin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Private international law; cross-border recognition; same-sex relationships; the Baltic States; Poland; human rights; EU private international law; ordre public; Private International Law; Internationell privaträtt;

   Sammanfattning : Same-sex relationships have successively qualified for formalization through marriage or registered partnership in many European countries, although some countries in Europe still refuse to give them any form of recognition or only allow very limited effects. The irregular speed of development in domestic family laws in European States results in “limping family” relations, that is, family relations that are recognized as creating a formal family civil status in many European States but not in all of them. LÄS MER

5. 9. States under scrutiny : International organizations, transformation and the construction of progress

   Författare :Matilda Dahl; Södertörns högskola; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; granskning; stater; europeisering; transformation; internationella organisationer; revision; social konstruktion;

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7. 10. Making sense of Baltic democracy : public support and political representation in nationalising states

   Författare :Kjetil Duvold; Sten Berglund; Lars Johannsen; Paul G. Lewis; Örebro universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; democracy; democratisation; consolidation; support for democracy; political culture; political representation; party systems; social cleavages; political community; nation-building; ethnic minorities; post-communism; Baltic countries; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Central and Eastern Europe; the European Union; Political science; Statsvetenskap; Political Science; Statskunskap;

   Sammanfattning : A chief topic of this book is the advance of democracy in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The three countries belong to the most ‘successful’ cases of transition from communist rule to democracy, demonstrated by the fact that they joined the European Union in 2004. LÄS MER