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Author K̦enin̦š-Kings, Gundars, author.

Title Nation-building in the Baltic states : transforming governance, social welfare, and security in Northern Europe / Gundar J. King, David E. McNabb
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents Front Cover; Contents; Preface; About the Authors; Chapter 1: Transformation Challenges; Chapter 2: Transforming the Polity; Chapter 3: Shaping the Nation State; Chapter 4: Building Social Capital; Chapter 5: Forming Civil Society; Chapter 6: Nurturing Democratic Institutions; Chapter 7: Transforming Social Welfare; Chapter 8: Transforming Education Systems; Chapter 9: Transforming Fiscal Governance; Chapter 10: Shaping Baltic States' Security; Chapter 11: Managing Transformation; References; Back Cover
Summary The product of more than twenty years of research, first-person observations, discussions, and policy analyses, Nation-Building in the Baltic States: Transforming Governance, Social Welfare, and Security in Northern Europe explores the characteristics of the Baltic states as positioned in the northeast corridor in terms of military strife and polity development such as democratization. It details governments' efforts to abet transparency and trust by way of developing new public and private institutions for advancements like innovation and private wealth creation. The book examines the effects of various factors of economic and social adjustments in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The authors explore the opportunities and problems that have shaped the region's progress in the process of rebuilding democratic institutions and nation states after regaining their independence. They then describe the region's progress in laying the critical internal foundation necessary for maintaining their political independence. The book also reviews the progress made in strengthening what the authors believe are key social functions of government in what the EU describes as its social market system: the provision of social welfare services that meets the needs of all. The book concludes with a realistic picture of future hurdles for this region, looking at lingering challenges and regional instabilities, policy mistakes not to be made again, and recommendations for national planning and resource management. Going beyond a massive, single explanation of recent Baltic developments, the book provides a broad picture of development of social and political trends and insights with separate evaluations of issues in the process of national transformation. It provides a foundation examining the forces that will shape the future of the Baltic states.-- Publisher description,
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-258) and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 5, 2014)
Subject Nation-building -- Baltic States
Education and state -- Baltic States
Post-communism -- Baltic States
National security -- Baltic States
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
Education and state
Nation-building
National security
Politics and government
Post-communism
Social policy
SUBJECT Baltic States -- Politics and government -- 1991- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96000041
Baltic States -- Social policy
Subject Baltic States
Form Electronic book
Author McNabb, David E., author.
ISBN 9781482250725
1482250721