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Anatolijs Gorbunovs
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authoritarianism studies
baltic
Baltic Co-operation
Baltic Germans
Baltic Provinces
banks
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civil society development
Contemporary Latvia
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Ethnic Latvian
ethnic relations research
forced collectivisation impact
germans
historical transformation of Eastern Europe
Independent Latvian
juris
Karlis Ulmanis
Latvia's Economy
latvian
Latvian Banks
Latvian Bolsheviks
Latvian Communist Party
Latvian Foreign Policy
Latvian Nationalists
Latvian Politics
Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic
Latvian State
LPF
NATO Enlargement
NATO Member Country
NATO Summit
political corruption analysis
post-Soviet transitions
Reform Communists
republic
Russian Troop Withdrawal
socialist
soviet
Soviet Immigrants
Young Latvians
Product details
- ISBN 9780415267304
- Weight: 430g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 14 Jul 2001
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The past one hundred years have been a very trying time for Latvia, complete with success, tragedy, and still unrealized promise. Within the course of a generation, the country experienced revolutions, wars and independent statehood, and then the slide into authoritarianism. World War II brought new occupations. The tragedies were staggering: holocaust, executions, and an exodus of refugees. Soviet consolidation bred deportations, forced collectivization and partisan warfare. Almost fifty years later, Latvia regained its independence and emerged from decades of disastrous Soviet rule.
This book comprehensively surveys Latvia's recent past and prospects for the new millennium, placing contemporary events in historical perspective. The authors address the evolution of the country from the movement against Soviet rule to the dilemmas of contemporary politics: party formation, the problem of corruption, the quest for the future and a regional and international role, the struggle to develop a civil society, the issue of ethnic relations and the recurring tendency towards statist solutions. Proper attention is also given to economic developments.
