Post-Communist democratisation in Lithuania: elites, parties, and youth political organisations 1988-2001

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Document Type:
Knyga / Book
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Post-Communist democratisation in Lithuania: elites, parties, and youth political organisations 1988-2001
Authors:
Janušauskienė, Diana
Publication Data:
Amsterdam Rodopi, 2011.
Pages:
172 p
Series:
On the boundary of two worlds: identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics; 28
Contents:
List of Tables — List of Figures — Preface and Acknowledgements — Introduction — Theorising the Post-Communist Democratisation: The Role of Political Elites — A Few Remarks on Theories of Democratisation — Theories of Elites and the Analysis of Post-Communist Democratisation: Political Elites as an Object of Sociological Inquiry; Defining the Elite; Patterns of Change of Elites; Some Characteristics of Post-Communist Elites — The Role of Political Parties — The New Political Scene in Lithuania — The Development of the Political Party System: Towards Electoral Stabilisation; Political Party Structures — Regime Legitimacy — The Transformation of Political Elites: Mechanisms of Elite Change; Recruitment into Elite Positions: The Role of Political Parties; Some Characteristics of the New Political Elites — Rising New Elites: A Case of Youth Political Organisations — The Methodology of the Research — The Origin of Youth Political Organisations — The Relationship with "The Mother Parties" — Goals and Functions of Youth Political Organisations — The Procedure of Joining the Organisations —Reasons for Joining the Organisations — Some Structural Features of Youth Political Organisations — Opinions on Internal Functioning of Youth Political Organisations — Opinions of Selected Political Matters — Some Concluding Remarks: Differences and Similarities — Conclusions — Notes — References — Appendix 1. The Content of the Questionnaires — Appendix 2. Description of the Respondents — Appendix 3. Summarised Data from a Survey of the Members of Youth Political Organisations — Appendix 4. Summarised Data of a Survey of Members of the Lithuanian Parliament in 1996-2000 — About the Author.
Subject Category:
LT
Politika / Politics; Politinė ideologija / Political ideology; Politinė istorija / Political history; 1990-21 amžius. Antroji Lietuvos Respublika; Lietuva (Lithuania); Latvija (Latvia); Estija (Estonia).
Reviews:
Recenzija leidinyje Journal of Baltic studies. 2012, Vol. 43, no.2, p. 303-305
Summary / Abstract:

LTPokomunistinė Vidurio Rytų Europos demokratizacija sukėlė didžiulius pokyčius regiono valstybių politikoje, ekonomikoje ir kasdieniame žmonių gyvenime. Netrukus paaiškėjo, kad naujųjų regiono politinių režimų transformacijos keliai išsiskyrė, o Lietuva galutinai pasuko demokratijos link. Šioje knygoje nagrinėjami 1988–2001 m. pokomunistinės Lietuvos demokratizacijos politiniai aspektai, siekiama pagilinti žinias apie Lietuvos politinius elitus, ypatingą dėmesį skiriant jaunimo politinėms organizacijoms. Tyrimas yra grįstas pamatine idėja, jog politinis elitas yra pagrindinis veikėjas Lietuvos demokratinės transformacijos procese. Viena svarbiausių knygoje nagrinėjamų problemų yra generacinis politinio elito pokytis Lietuvoje pokomunistiniu laikotarpiu, sąlygotas jaunosios, sovietmečio patirties neturinčios politikų kartos atėjimo į valstybės politinę areną. Jaunimo politinės organizacijos yra vienas iš kelių jaunimui patekti į šią areną, tačiau moksliniuose tyrimuose minimai problemai iki šiol nėra skirta pakankamai dėmesio. Konceptualiniu požiūriu tyrimas remiasi modernizacijos teorija, kuri teigia, kad galiausiai daugumoje posovietinių valstybių įvyks demokratizacijos procesai, panašūs į tuos, kuriuos savo laiku patyrė Vakarų Europos šalys. Taigi daroma prielaida, kad Lietuvoje vykstanti demokratizacija veda „vakarietiškos“ konsoliduotos demokratijos link, todėl teoriniai modeliai, sukurti paaiškinti Vakarų demokratijų raidą, yra tinkami Lietuvos atvejo analizei.

ENThe democratisation of the post-Communist Central Europe provoked significant changes in the politics, economics and everyday life of the states of the region. Soon it became clear that the new political regimes of the region had chosen different paths for transformation, and Lithuania eventually chose the path towards democracy. This book analyses political aspects of the democratisation process of post-Communist Lithuania in 1988–2001 and seeks to enhance the knowledge about Lithuania’s political elites with particular attention focused on youth political organisations. The research is based on the fundamental idea that political elite is the main actor in the process of democratic transformation of Lithuania. One of the major problems analysed in the book is the generative change of the political elite in Lithuania in the post-Communist period, which was determined by the emergence of the new political generation without any prior soviet experience. Youth political organisations is one of the several ways for the youth to enter this political area, however, the problem mentioned in scientific research has not been studied in a proper manner. As far as the conceptual aspect is concerned, the research is based on the theory of modernisation, which claims that, eventually, the majority of post-soviet states will face democratisation processes similar to those, which countries of Western Europe once experienced. Therefore, it is assumed that the democratisation Lithuania is currently undergoing leads to the “western” consolidated democracy; therefore, theoretical models created in order to explain the development of Western democracies are suitable for the analysis of the case of Lithuania.

ISBN:
9789042032491
Subject:
Politikos mokslai / Political sciences
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