Offers a comparative case study of the small Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Revolves around the Baltic Barometers from 1993 and onwards and presents new data from 2014 and 2015 for the first time Analyzes one of the geographical hotspots in the current conflict between Russia and the West

Autorentext
Kjetil Duvold is Associate Professor of Political Science at Dalarna University, Sweden.
**Sten Berglund is Professor Emeritus at Örebro University, Sweden.
**Joakim Ekman is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) at Södertörn University, Sweden.

Klappentext
The book is the first systematic and comparative effort to capture political culture in the Baltic countries, including political orientation and support for democracy. Revolving around public opinion data from the 1990s and onwards, including two recent surveys commissioned by the authors, the book takes stock of the political climate prevailing in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania a quarter of a century after reclaiming independence and fifteen years after becoming members of NATO and the EU. These three countries share the same geopolitical fate and many contemporary challenges, and yet each has been marked by their own transitions and struggles between nation building and European integration, Western and post-Soviet orientations, and past experience and future aspirations.
Kjetil Duvold is Associate Professor of Political Science at Dalarna University, Sweden.
Sten Berglund is Professor Emeritus at Örebro University, Sweden.
Joakim Ekman is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) at Södertörn University, Sweden.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. When Nation and State are at OddsChapter 3. Between Identities and InterestsChapter 4. Performance and Political SupportChapter 5. Living next-to RussiaChapter 6. European Values under Attack?Chapter 7. Tentative Conclusions