L'Etat, c'est pas moi : Reframing citizenship(s) in the Baltic republics
Author
Summary, in English
Starting from the idea that citizenship is both a condition of democracy and an indicator of the level of democracy in a given society, the author studies the extent to which theories of citizenship currently dominating political science account for the specific experience of people living in the Baltic countries. This study's theoretical bedrock is thus a critical overview of the republican, liberal and cultural conceptions of citizenship, done in relation to the historically specific nature of post-communism.
The analytical instrument derived from this critical overview of theory is a two-dimensional model of citizenship called the Legacy and the Scruples. That model draws insights from, notably, linguistics and anthropology. It is applied to Baltic citizens' experiences of both communist and post-communist citizenships. Ruptures and continuities between these two kinds of citizenship are highlighted. This study argues that the current weakness of citizenship in the Baltic states is due not so much to difficulties in managing ethnic diversity (although such difficulties exist) than to more specifically political factors. These factors are linked to the ways citizenship and political power are conceived of and exercised in these countries.
Department/s
Publishing year
2002
Language
English
Publication/Series
Lund Political Studies
Issue
122
Full text
Document type
Dissertation
Publisher
Department of Political Science, Lund University
Topic
- Political Science
Keywords
- consensus
- language
- ethnicity
- culture
- urbanity
- time
- exogamy
- post-communism
- communism
- totalitarianism
- Soviet Union
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Baltic
- citizenship
- nation
- conflict
- Political and administrative sciences
- Statsvetenskap
- förvaltningskunskap
Status
Published
Supervisor
- [unknown] [unknown]
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0460–0037
- ISBN: 91-88306-61-5
Defence date
25 April 2002
Defence time
10:15
Defence place
Edens hörsal, Dept of Political Science, Lund University
Opponent
- Anders Uhlin (Associate Professor)