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• The structure of political elite networks in the Republic of Poland in 1993—2013

  To identify the structure of network ties within Polish political elites; to study the features of network ties formation and the impact that both primary and labour socialisation periods and diaspora characteristics have on this process; to describe the structural features of the resultant network structures over different ...

• The transformation of the Baltic countries’ political elites: general and specific features

  This research focuses on the features and transformations of power groups and their role in the political life of the societies of the Baltic countries. This article aims to analyse structural and functional changes in the composition of the Baltic political elites after these countries gained independence in the 1990s. The main objective of this research is to reveal the general and the specific in the transformations of Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian elites. Changes in the structure of power groups are ...

• The formation of the political elite in Lithuania at the turn of the 1980s—1990s: the role of “moral politicians”

  This article considers the trend of structural changes in the political elite of the Republic of Lithuania in the post-Soviet period through analyzing the role of the so-called “moral politicians” — intellectuals, artists, and cultural figures, who played a decisive role in the period of the communist system disintegration ...

• The political elite recruitment in the Baltic: the role of the ethnic factor

  ... developing corresponding university courses. As to the practical aspect, the results obtained can be used by the authorities of the Russian Federation in making decisions regarding interaction with the representatives of Lithuanian, Latvian, and Estonian political elites. 1. Zepa, B., Supule, I. 2005, Latvijskaja submarina [Latvian submarine], Ekspert Severo-Zapad [Expert North-West], 12—18 Sept., no. 34 (239), p. 9. 2. Nacional'nyj sostav naselenija SSSR (po dannym Vsesojuznoj perepisi naselenija 1989 [The ...

• Billionaires and Millionaires of the Baltic Sea Region: A Comparative Analysis of National Business Elites

  .... 2002, The Transnational Capitalist Class and Global Politics: Deconstructing the Corporate-State Connection, International Political Science Review, Vol. 23, no. 2, p. 159—174. 22. The 2017 Global Wealth Migration Review, 2017, available at: http://www.... ....com/billionaires/list/ (accessed 10.06.2017). Rakhmanov A. B. Baltic region, global capitalism, capitalist class, business elite, billionaires, millionaires, oligarchy, self-made business people, talent, Russia, Germany 53-71 10.5922/2079-8555-2017-4-4

• On crisis trends in the legitimacy of the political regimes of the Baltic States

  ... the political regimes of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The article stresses the problem of legitimacy reproduction resulting from the limited representation of the national party systems. Special attention is paid to compensatory mechanisms used by political elites to ‘artificially’ reproduce legitimacy. It makes sense to analyse the deficit of legitimacy in the Baltic States not only in the context of threats to democratic institutions but also considering weaknesses of public institutions and insufficient ...

• Political elite networks in Latvia and their transformation in 1993-2014

  The authors consider the structure of the Latvian political elite in 1993—2014 and analyse the major network parameters. The roles of key network actors and their changes over the study period are examined 1. Dogan М., Higley J. Elites, Crises, and the Origins of Regimes. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers,...

• The Role of Political Elites in the Development of Politics of Memory in the Baltic States

  The article focuses on multiple cases of the politicization of history by the Baltic political elites. Three states of development of politics of memory in the Baltic States are identified. Problems of political exploitation of the past are scrutinized in the context of political life and international relations. It is concluded that the narratives ...

• Political reconsideration of the Soviet past: attitudes and actions of the Lithuanian elites

  Different political elite groups of post-communist Lithuania offer different accounts of the Soviet past. Even twenty years later, after the collapse of communism Lithuanian politicians (with the exception of certain conservative anti-nostalgic leaders allied with some populists) ...

• Smirnov V. A. Political elites of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia: recruitment factors and structural dynamics. Monograph. Kaliningrad. IKBSU Publishing House, 2016

  Smirnov, V. A. 2016, Political elites of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia: recruitment factors and structural dynamics. Monograph. Kaliningrad. IKBFU Publishing House. Mezhevich Nikolai M. 125-126

• Forecasting Actions of Baltic elites: A Scenario Approach

  ... on an analysis of geographic, economic, and political factors. The decisive factor is a state-controlled foreign policy, which is affected by the international situation as well as relations between the state and the external resources exploited by political elites. The paper contributes to the general debate about the factors of political development and the role of political elites in it. The author pr ovides additional material for analysing possible developments in the domestic policies of the Baltic ...

• Königsberg’s urbal elites: Between the tradition and innovation (1815—1914)

  ... elites faced with fast changes in the 19th century. The city’s old merchant families were up against increasing competition from new actors – industrialists and bankers – trying to take advantage of the former. The author examines changes in the elites in the course of major economic, social, and political changes 1. Albinus R. Königsberger Lexikon. Würzburg, 2002. 2. Altpreußische Biographie / Hrsg. Ch. Krollmann. Königsberg; Marburg, 1939. T. 1. 3. Carrez M. Les grandes villes portuaires de la Baltique au début du XXe siècle: un dynamisme ...

• Elitist reasons behind the German revolution of November 1918

  ... Kaiser’s Germany. Social and class conflicts within the German elite, in particular, the tensions between the German bourgeoisie and agrarians rendered it impossible to de­vise coherent domestic and foreign policies. Incompetent leadership and fre­quent political scandals, which discredited the German ruling elite in the eyes of the public, created an extremely negative image of the monarchy. Thus, the lack of competent managers and political leaders able to take responsibility and lead the country out of the crisis created a revolutionary situation in the ...

• Uncertainty as a Factor of Decision Making in the Context of the Exclave Problems of the Kaliningrad Region

  The article analyses expert influence on decision making process. The author argues that high uncertainty increases political elite’s attention to experts under the conditions of democratic transit. The case of the Kaliningrad exclave is taken as an example. 1.  Абрамов В.   Н. Калининградская область: социально-политические ...

• Political elites in the region’s countries

• International Conference «Political Elites of the Baltic Sea States in 1991—2011. Conclusions and Prospects»

  Sutyrin V. 310-313

• Supranational party system of the EU

  ... stran i evropejskaja integracija [Party systems of the Visegrad countries and the European integration], Kaliningrad, 117 p. 5. Zhukovskiy, I. I. 2011, Rekrutacja politicheskih elit v sovremennoj Polshe: nekotoryje predvaritelnyje suzhdenia [Rekrutasya political elites in contemporary Poland: some preliminary judgments], Vestnik Moskovskogo gosudartsvennogo universiteta. Ser.12 Politicheskie nauki [Bulletin of Moscow University. Ser.12 Political Science], no. 6, p. 48—55. 6. Kotta, M. 2012, Politicheskie eliti ...

• The elite interaction in the post-Soviet Lithuania: the constitutional aspect

  ... institutas, Vilniaus universitetas. Tarptautinių santykių ir  politikos mokslų institutas. Vilnius, 2007. 6. Talat-Kelpsa L. The Political Decision Making: Division of Authority within Government // Lithuania from Transition to Convergence. Vilnius, 1999.... ... сравнительный анализ : автореф. дис. … д-ра полит. наук. Саратов, 2009. Smirnov V. A. elite, Lithuania, Constitution, post-soviet, interaction 173-179

• The «(Un)Encapsulation» of the Political Elites of Latvia and Estonia and Russian-speaking Minorities

  1. Dreifelds J. Latvia in Transition. Cambridge, 1996. 2. Political Representation and participation in Transitional Democracies: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania / Loftsson E., Choe Y., eds. Sodertoerns hoegskola, 2003. 3. Rozenvalds J. Latvia After Twelve Years of Renewed Independence: the Search for Normality ...

• Russian-Estonian relations: a medium-term forecast

  ... change their position on the participation of Russian-speaking population in the democratic decision-making process or the evaluation of controversial events of the past, but also on the meaning that will be attached to these actions by the Russian elite. 1. Blagoveshhenskij, N. Yu., Krechetova, M. Yu., Satarov, G. A. 2012, Jekspertno-statisticheskij Bajesovskij podhod k scenarnomu politicheskomu prognozirovaniju [Expert statistical Bayesian approach to screenwriting political forecasting], Polis (Politicheskie issledovanija) [«POLIS» Journal — Political Studies], no. 4, p. 74—98. 2. Tüür, K. 2012, Russia and Estonia. In: Tüür, K., Morozov, V. (eds.), Russian Federation 2013: Short-Term Prognosis, Tartu,...

• Russia and the Baltic States: Some Results and a Few Perspectives

  ... interest is made either difficult or altogether impossible when it comes to the Baltic States. For 20 years, the Russian Federation has been actively promoting a model of mutually beneficial co-operation. The anti-Russian discourse of the Baltic States' political elites — driven by their own wish to maintain their political monopoly — halts most of co-operation efforts. It is time to accept that the previous model of co-operation with the Baltic States is now irrelevant, since these states now form the avant-garde ...

• Russia as an irritant factor for the political elitess of the Baltics in the context of election campaigns of 2010—2011: an expert opinion

  This article presents an overview of the principal intellectual alternatives of today regarding the role and place of Russia in the social and political spaces of the former Baltic republics, which were articulated in the course of international expert discussions and round tables at the IKBFU. Smirnov Vadim, Sutyrin Vyacheslav elite, Baltic States, factor, expert channel, election campaign 125-130 10.5922/2079-8555-2011-2-15

• Attitude to economic development issues as a feature of the sociological profile of the population in the Smolensk region bor­der areas

  ..., while losses and risks are minimal. The population opinion poll con­ducted in the Smolensk region identifies the priority areas in economic and so­cial policy. The article also points out to the difference in opinions of the popu­lation and the political elite of the region regarding the main vectors of eco­nomic development. The findings of the opinion polls can construct the socio­logical portrait of the region. Katrovskiy A. P., Fesunova O. D. The Smolensk region, economic development priorities,...

• The Baltic states before and during World War II: The dilemma of independence

  This article considers the events of the 1930—1940s in the Baltics. The authors analyse changes in the political systems and international priorities of the ruling elites of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The influence of domestic factors on solving the problem of independence preservation in the conditions of world war is identified. 1. Anušauskas A. Teroras ir nusikaltimai žmoniškumui. Pirmoji sovietinė ...

• New stage in the development of political science in Russia

  ... Cambridge University Press. 15. Shames, S. L., Wise, T. 2017, Gender, Diversity, and Methods in Political Science: A Theory of Selection and Survival Biases, PS: Political Science & Politics, Vol. 50, no. 3, p. 811—823. 16. Gaman-Golutvina, O. 2007, Political Elites in the Commonwealth of Independent States: Recruitment and Rotation Tendencies, Comparative Sociology, Vol. 6, no. 1—2. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/156913307X208140. 17. Gaman-Golutvina, O. 2008, The Changing Role of the State and State Bureaucracy ...

• The system of financing political parties in Latvia

  ... пожертвовал ПРЗ крупную сумму. URL: http://rus.delfi.lv/news/daily/politics/yulij-kruminsh-pozhertvoval-prz-krupnuyu-summu.d?id= 40590139 (дата обращения: 23.10.2012). Megem M., Rekeda S. Republic of Latvia, political elites, Saeima, political party, oligarchs 103-111

• Local government reforms in Estonia: institutional context, intentions and outcomes

  ... government amalgamation reform of 2017 as well as the theoretical and practical possibilities to re-establish central-local balances in Estonia. The analysis draws on institutional theory, which explains the effect of deep value patterns and concrete political choices on the institutionalization logic followed after the 1993 reform. It is concluded that the local elites retaining their old value patterns will downplay the effect of the 2017 reform. Gribanova, G. I., Sootla, G., Kersten, K. local government, reforms, dual model, fuse model, central-local relations, autonomy, balance, institutional theory ...

• Territorial-political and regional geopolitical systems: correlation of concepts

  ....103—107. 4. Isachenko, A. G. 2008. Landshaftnaja struktura Zemli, rasselenie, prirodopolzovanie [Landscape structure of the Earth, moving, nature], St. Petersburg, St.Petersburg University Press. 5. Kaledin, N. V. 1996. Politicheskaja geografija [Political geography], St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg University Press. 6. Karabuschenko, P. L. 2009, Elity i jetnokonflikty v geopoliticheskom prostranstve «velikogo kaspijskogo regiona» [Elites and ethnic conflicts in the geopolitical space of the "great Caspian"], Kaspijskij region: politika, ekonomika, kultura, no. 3 (20), p. 17—22. 7. Kolossov, V. A., Mironenko, N. S. 2001, Geopolitika i politicheskaja geografija [Geopolitics ...

• No politics: François Guizot’s historiosophy before 1814

  ... historical theory — foundations cleansed of the political influence of the Bourbon Restoration (1814—1830) and the July Monarchy (1830-1848), where Guizot was an activist of the liberal opposition and later became one of the leaders of the French political elite. 1. Алпатов М. А. Политические идеи французской буржуазной историографии XIX в. М. ; Л., 1949. 2. Гизо Ф. Предисловие // Гиббон Э. Закат и падение ...

• The danish parliament as an actor of Denmark’s foreign policy towards the EU and Russia: a comparative analysis, 2005—2019

  ... the EFTA, and Russia. The findings lead one to conclude that the Danish Parliament’s participation in the country’s foreign policy towards EU bodies is highly institutionalised and coherent, which can be explained by close integration of Danish political elites into European ones as well as by European processes being clear and predictable for Danish parliamentarians. The participation of the Parliament in Danish—Russian relations is less systematic and structured since the Danish Parliament sometimes ...

• After «the collapse of the empire»: British-American his-toriography of the first half of the 1990s on the parallels in the history of formation of the 20th century Lithuanian statehood

  ... 1990s. Such scholars as A. Lieven and other authors characterize some main similarities and differences between those movements. These scholars emphasize the ambiguity of the Soviet experience, as well as the internal conflicts within the Lithuanian political elite and demonstrate the productivity of the comparative approach. 1. Ashbourne A. Lithuania: the rebirth of a nation, 1991—1994. Lanham, 1999. 2. Espiritu A. A. Lithuania: from mobilization to revolution, 1988—90: thesis (MA) / University of ...

• A ‘divided history’: the politics of memory on the territory of the former East Prussia in the light of current discussions

  ... Istorija i politika Rossii [Memory strict regime. Russian History and Politics], Moscow. 7. Malinova, О.Yu. 2015, Aktual'noe proshloe: simvolicheskaja politika vlastvujushhej jelity i dilemmy rossijskoj identichnosti [Contemporary history: symbolic politics of the ruling elite and the dilemma of Russian identity], Мoscow. 8. Miller, А. I. 2012, Istoricheskaja politika v Vostochnoj Evrope nachala XXI veka [Historical policy in Eastern Europe beginning of the XXI century]. In: Istoricheskaja politika v XXI veke [Historical ...

• The regional approach in the policy of the Russian Federation towards the Republic of Estonia

  ... often assume that, for example, small European countries are subject to a treatment different from that of small Middle Eastern countries. The method of operational coding is employed to identify the impact of the regional approach on the beliefs of political leaders. The author comes to the conclusion that Russia’s policy towards Estonia largely depends on Russia’s policy towards the regions which the Russian elite relate Estonia to — the Baltic States, Northern Europe, and Europe as a whole. The results of the study can further the understanding of Russia’s policy towards Estonia both in Russia and abroad. Lack of understanding sometimes results in sharing ...

• The “Polish question” in Soviet-German relations in the second half of the 1920s (based on the materials of the USSR consulate in Königsberg)

  ... Danzig, etc.). Soviet consuls carefully observed political life in Königsberg and the province. On the one hand, they paid attention to an increase in the nationalist and fascist attitudes. On the other hand, they emphasized the aspirations of the local political and business elite to develop economic cooperation with the Soviet Union. The People's Commissariat for Foreign Affairs tried to transform East Prussia into a Soviet lobby in the German government. These plans were not implemented at that time, but the 1920s ideas ...

• Evolution of International Research Cooperation models in the Contemporary Foreign Policy Environment

  ... Education Forum], Nauka i tehnologii Rossii [Science & Technology of Russia], available at: http://www.strf.ru/material. aspx?CatalogId=221&d_no=49692 (accessed 17.03.2015). 11. Feldman, D. M. 2005, Politicheskoe vzaimodejstvie jelit stran SNG [The political elites of the interaction of the CIS countries], Polis, no.4, p. 89-98. 12. Zuckerberg, M. Javljaetsja li dostup v Internet bazovym pravom cheloveka? [Is Internet access a basic human right?], available at: https://www.facebook. com/isconnectivityahumanright ...

• Transformation of the institutional matrix of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania within the Russian Empire

  ... that when a state is formed out of elements with essen­tially differ­ent institutional matrices, there becomes possible a transplan­ta­tional dysfunc­tion of institutions, which in turn can initiate a crisis, capa­ble, in case of a malfunctioning political system and disunited elites, of trig­gering a social col­lapse and (if there are interested «poles of power») the total di­sintegration of the society. The subsequent entry of its part into another social system constitutes one of the options of passing through a bifurcation ...

• Modern Hanseatic Trends in the Baltic Region

  ... relations can be established between states but also between cities and universities, thus contributing to closer economic, political and cultural ties between the peoples of the Baltic region. 1. Anishenko, A. G., Sergunin A. A. 2012, Twin cities: ... ....cbss.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/strategy-english . pdf (accessed 15.04.2016). 18. Shlapeko, Е. А. 2012, The role of urban elites and the sister city movement in the formation of cross-border regions (on the example of the development of external relations ...

• Security in the Baltic region as a Projection of Global Confrontation between Russia and the USA

  ... theory and the concept of Intermarium. Their starting assumption is that the situation in the Baltic depends largely on the politics of external powers — Russia and the United States, — being a projection of their global geopolitical confrontation.... ... strategy thus becomes a major part of the equation. The authors believe that since the end of the second Iraq war the American elite has been divided along ideological lines into adherents of the chaos theory and traditionalists thinking in terms of sharing ...

• Studies into the history of Russian Neo-Kantianism in Poland

  ... education in Sergey Hessen’s personalistic vision of education] // Elitaryzm. Mistrz w edukacji / pod red. M. Szczepanskiej [Elitism. Master in education / ed. M. Szczepanska]. Slupsk, p. 19—29. 56. Kojkol J. 2009, Posthistoryczne traktowanie wartosci: ... ... przelomie XIX i XX wieku / pod red. A. Ochotnickiej, W. Rydzewskiego [Between reform and revolution. Russian philosophical, political and social thought at the turn of the 19th and 20th century / ed. A. Ochotnicka, W. Rydzewski]. Cracow, p. 127—140....