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BL
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956266
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b710636
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| Title & Author
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The Baltic States and their region : : new Europe or old? /\ edited by David J. Smith.
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| Publication Statement
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Amsterdam :: Rodopi,, 2005.
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| Series Statement
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On the boundary of two worlds : identity, freedom, and moral imagination in the Baltics ;; 3
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1 online resource (vi, 322 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1423789083
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: 9042016663
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: 9401201439
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: 9781423789086
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: 9789042016668
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: 9789401201438
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| Notes
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"Selected papers from a conference held in January 2004 at the University of Glasgow"--Introduction.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Table of contents; Editor's introduction; From "east-west" to "new Europe-old Europe": the American challenge to Finnish identity; Lithuania's new (in)security: transatlantic tensions and the dilemma of dual loyalty; The challenges of "new" and "old": the case of Europe's north; Estonia and Latvia: A "new" Europe challenges the "old"?; Overlapping ideological boundaries and transformations in the EU periphery: the Baltic States and Kaliningrad; The promise of certainty, safety and security in an uncertain, unsafe and insecure world: the emergence of Lithuanian populism.
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Labour rights, social conflict and cohesion in accession Lithuania: implications for EU enlargementOld and new minorities on the international chessboard: from League to Union; Non-territorial cultural autonomy as a Baltic contribution to Europe between the wars; Cultural autonomy in Estonia: one of history's "curiosities"?; The non-citizens of the EU; The Baltic States and Russia in the new Europe: a neo-Gramscian perspective on the global and the local; The gatekeeper "hinge" concept and the promotion of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian new/postmodern security agendas.
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| Abstract
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With EU and NATO membership for the Baltic States now a reality, this volume examines the relationship of the three countries, their constituent peoples and their surrounding region to the wider Europe, both historically and in the period since 1991. In particular, the contributors seek to locate the Baltic area within the manifold debates surrounding the concepts of "new" and "old" Europe, including those occasioned by the current conflict in Iraq. Covering issues of identity, sovereignty, minority rights, security and relations with Russia the work assesses the likely contribution of this re.
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Diplomatic relations.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- General.
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Politics and government
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Internationale betrekkingen.
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Baltic States, Foreign relations, Congresses.
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Baltic States, Politics and government, 1991-Congresses.
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Baltic States.
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| Dewey Classification
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327/.09479
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| LC Classification
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DK502.715.B3495 2005eb
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| NLM classification
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15.70bcl
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| Added Entry
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Smith, David J., (David James),1968-
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