The Baltic Transformed

Informationen zum Autor By Walter C. Clemens Jr. Klappentext Why isn't the Baltic region like the Balkans? Why have the Baltic republics not experienced ethnic cleansing, border wars, authoritarian rule, and social chaos? Instead, peace, democracy, and market economies have taken root since the fall of communism. Walter C. Clemens, Jr., here uses complexity theory, which analyzes the role of self-organization in complex adaptive systems, to explain the "Baltic miracle." He argues that the theory is a vital tool for understanding the remarkable strides made by Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania since 1991 in coping with the transition to partnership with the new Europe. One of the first books to apply complexity theory to a major sphere of world politics, The Baltic Transformed will provoke constructive debate with its ambitious and well-grounded analysis of not only Baltic developments but European security more generally. Zusammenfassung Why isn't the Baltic region like the Balkans? Why have the Baltic republic not experienced ethnic cleansing! border wars! authoritarian rule and social chaos? In this text Walter Clemens uses complexity theory to explain the "Baltic miracle". Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Coping with Complexity: Alternative Explanations Chapter 2 Self-Organization versus Autocracy: Crusaders to Commissars Chapter 3 Nonviolent Revolution: How Three Davids Undermined Goliath Chapter 4 Creating Good Government: Who Won What When? Chapter 5 Self-Organization and Social Capital Chapter 6 Human Development: Winners, Losers, and the Internet Chapter 7 Integration: Coping with Ethnic Complexity Chapter 8 Energy for a New Life: From Dependency to Interdependence Chapter 9 Tigers on the Baltic: Can the Small Be Fit? Chapter 10 Russia: Threat or Partner? Chapter 11 Enhancing Baltic Security: NATO and Other Options, 2000-2010 Chapter 12 Baltic Fitness, European Security, and International Relations: What Does Complexity Theory Explain?...

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By Walter C. Clemens Jr.

Klappentext

Why isn't the Baltic region like the Balkans? Why have the Baltic republics not experienced ethnic cleansing, border wars, authoritarian rule, and social chaos? Instead, peace, democracy, and market economies have taken root since the fall of communism. Walter C. Clemens, Jr., here uses complexity theory, which analyzes the role of self-organization in complex adaptive systems, to explain the "Baltic miracle." He argues that the theory is a vital tool for understanding the remarkable strides made by Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania since 1991 in coping with the transition to partnership with the new Europe. One of the first books to apply complexity theory to a major sphere of world politics, The Baltic Transformed will provoke constructive debate with its ambitious and well-grounded analysis of not only Baltic developments but European security more generally.

Zusammenfassung
Why isn't the Baltic region like the Balkans? Why have the Baltic republic not experienced ethnic cleansing, border wars, authoritarian rule and social chaos? In this text Walter Clemens uses complexity theory to explain the "Baltic miracle".

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Coping with Complexity: Alternative Explanations Chapter 2 Self-Organization versus Autocracy: Crusaders to Commissars Chapter 3 Nonviolent Revolution: How Three Davids Undermined Goliath Chapter 4 Creating Good Government: Who Won What When? Chapter 5 Self-Organization and Social Capital Chapter 6 Human Development: Winners, Losers, and the Internet Chapter 7 Integration: Coping with Ethnic Complexity Chapter 8 Energy for a New Life: From Dependency to Interdependence Chapter 9 Tigers on the Baltic: Can the Small Be Fit? Chapter 10 Russia: Threat or Partner? Chapter 11 Enhancing Baltic Security: NATO and Other Options, 2000-2010 Chapter 12 Baltic Fitness, European Security, and International Relations: What Does Complexity Theory Explain?