Pub Date : 2024-01-02DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2024.2300897
Thomas Fingar
{"title":"People’s Republic of China in the Baltic states\u0000 People’s Republic of China in the Baltic states\u0000 , edited by Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova and Kārlis Bukovskis, Riga, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, 2023, 154 pp., ISBN 978-9934-567-67-4","authors":"Thomas Fingar","doi":"10.1080/01629778.2024.2300897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2024.2300897","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51813,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Baltic Studies","volume":"119 47","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139391237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2024.2300894
Daunis Auers
{"title":"Understanding the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since 1991\u0000 Understanding the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania since 1991\u0000 , edited by Charles Clarke, London, Hurst, 2023, 352 pp., £22.50 (Paperback), ISBN 978-1-78738-941-0","authors":"Daunis Auers","doi":"10.1080/01629778.2024.2300894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2024.2300894","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51813,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Baltic Studies","volume":"21 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139394607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-01-01DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2024.2300899
Andres Kasekamp
{"title":"European fascist movements: a sourcebook\u0000 European fascist movements: a sourcebook\u0000 , edited by Roland Clark and Tim Grady, London, Routledge, 2023, 426 pp., $160.00 (hbk), ISBN 978-0-367-26285-3 (hbk), $43.00 (pbk), 978-0-367-26286-0 (pbk), $39.00 (ebook), 978-0-429-29237-8 (ebook)","authors":"Andres Kasekamp","doi":"10.1080/01629778.2024.2300899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2024.2300899","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51813,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Baltic Studies","volume":" 779","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139391801","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-17DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2023.2294788
Arnoldas Gabrėnas, Almantas Samalavičius
{"title":"Wood in Lithuanian and Finnish architecture: the legacy of architectural tradition and possibilities for its contemporary use","authors":"Arnoldas Gabrėnas, Almantas Samalavičius","doi":"10.1080/01629778.2023.2294788","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2023.2294788","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51813,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Baltic Studies","volume":"9 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138965875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-12-11DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2023.2290603
Jānis Juzefovičs
{"title":"Making sense of the COVID-19 crisis: information-seeking practices and attitudes towards information providers among Baltic audiences","authors":"Jānis Juzefovičs","doi":"10.1080/01629778.2023.2290603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2023.2290603","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51813,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Baltic Studies","volume":"20 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138979235","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-28DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2023.2288118
Alex Hardy
{"title":"Digital innovation and shelter theory: exploring Estonia’s e-Residency, Data Embassy, and cross-border e-governance initiatives","authors":"Alex Hardy","doi":"10.1080/01629778.2023.2288118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2023.2288118","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51813,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Baltic Studies","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139217275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-23DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2023.2285299
Dominika Studzińska
{"title":"Everyday life in the shadow of the border: the Polish-Russian borderland since the war in Ukraine – recognizing the phenomenon","authors":"Dominika Studzińska","doi":"10.1080/01629778.2023.2285299","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2023.2285299","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51813,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Baltic Studies","volume":"170 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139244884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-11-06DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2023.2271889
Abel Polese, Arzuu Sheranova
Despite the growing attention to the everyday, nation-building literature has paid insufficient attention to the ways in which national identity is strengthened as a side effect of measures that are not initially conceived of as nation-building activities. This article examines contemporary examples of such non-traditional processes of nation-building by reviewing the unintended consequences of political measures not directly targeting identity construction. We focus on processes of identity construction in Kyrgyzstan and Estonia that have emerged as a side effect of nation branding. In both cases, the primary goal of the national government was not necessarily to boost national identity but rather to re-brand the country for international audiences. We argue, however, that these efforts at external image projection and change have also influenced the ways in which national identities are understood, perceived, and reproduced by domestic populations.
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Pub Date : 2023-11-03DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2023.2276819
Anastasiya Astapova
ABSTRACTThe segregation of consumption between the Russian- and Estonian-speaking populations residing in Estonia has been common knowledge in the popular imagination, mass media publications, and academic papers. Rather than undertaking an impossible mission to identify whether these narratives are true, in this article, I show how this repertoire of stories has fostered special marketing strategies and document the emergence of a special marketing niche of companies promising to teach how to market products to mainstream or minority consumers based on their presumed mental differences. Deriving from ethnographic fieldwork, I demonstrate how mythologies about ethnic segregation in consumption paradoxically result in integration.KEYWORDS: Ethnic integrationethnic segregationassimilationRussian speakersmythologyconsumptionethnographic research Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Estonian Research Council grants PSG48 “Performative Negotiations of Belonging in Contemporary Estonia” and PSG729 “COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories: Contents, Channels, and Target Groups.”Notes on contributorsAnastasiya AstapovaAnastasiya Astapova is an Associate Professor of Folkloristics (University of Tartu, Estonia) and a member of the Estonian Young Academy of Sciences. She is the author of Humor and Rumor in the Post-Soviet Authoritarian State (Rowman and Littlefield, 2021), a co-editor of Conspiracy Theories in Eastern Europe: Tropes and Trends (Routledge, 2021), and a co-author of Conspiracy Theories and the Nordic Countries (Routledge, 2020). At the moment, Astapova is the principal investigator in the Estonian Science Foundation project “COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories: Contents, Channels, and Target Groups” (2022–2025).
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Pub Date : 2023-11-01DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2023.2275581
Vytautas Petronis
ABSTRACTThe article analyzes one of the Lithuanian experiments in constructing some form of pro-fascist political system during 1930s, specifically focusing on the events leading to the establishment of the Lithuanian section of the Italian-led Action Committees for the Universality of Rome (CAUR). One of its initial goals and functions was facilitation of the processes of fascistization of the country. However, even though officially the Lithuanian CAUR section functioned from 1934 and until 1939, yet, thanks to the unwillingness of the Lithuanian political elites to proceed down the path of fascism, this led to the section’s gradual demise.KEYWORDS: LithuaniaItalyfascismCAURradicalism AcknowledgmentsThis research was supported by the Lithuanian Research Council (grant number P-LIP-20-12).Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1. The codification of Italian fascist ideology took some time. It was only in 1932 that Mussolini and Giovanni Gentile published the official Fascist Doctrine (Sabatini Citation1997).2. For example: V. [Juozas Purickis]. 1925. ‘Fašizmo stiprėjimas.’ Lietuva, 15 July 1925; Jt. 1925. ‘Fašistų revoliucijos trejų metų sukaktuvės.’ Lietuva, 10 November; ‘Fašizmo įsigalėjimas Italijoj.’ 1925. Lietuva, 13 November; ‘Rymas – tarptautinio katalicizmo sostinė. Fašistų spauda dėl jubiliejinių metų.’ 1926. Rytas, 1 January; J. Švaistra [J. Balčiūnas-Švaistas]. 1926. ‘Kodėl Italijoj fašizmas laikosi?’ Rytas, 8 January. For more on the Lithuania’s relations with the Holy See, see: Kasparavičius (Citation2008).3. Aleksandrovsky was well aware of the political situation in Lithuania. In fact, for quite some time Soviet Russia provided modest financial support to the opposition nationalist Tautininkai Union, its leaders, and the periodical press (for more, see: Butkus Citation2019, 536–551).4. N. Pascazio. ‘Relazione sul viaggio in Lituania’ (no date; most probably second half of November 1933). Archivio Centrale dello Stato (State Central Archive, hereafter – ACS), Ministero della Cultura Popolare, Direzione generale servizi della propaganda, poi per gli scambi culturali (1930–1944). Propaganda per gli stati esteri, paese Lituania, fund 154, folder ‘Fascismo in Lituania,’ unnumbered pages.5. Officially, the Institute did not receive financial support from the state, although the membership of high-ranking officials suggests that there might have been some indirect financing of its activities.6. For a compendium of Riomeris’ lecture and the discussion that followed it, see: Mačys (Citation1933). Similar plans were considered at the beginning of 1932, when the statute of the new institute was prepared and submitted for approval by the head of the Kaunas region, but for some reason the school did not open. See: Didžiulis, Iz [Tamošaitis] (Citation1933).7. The program included lectures such as: Tamošaitis’ ‘The Renaissance of Idealism,’ J. Tomkus’ ‘Democracy at a Crossroads,’ V. Juodeika’s ‘N
摘要本文分析了20世纪30年代立陶宛在构建某种形式的亲法西斯政治体系方面的一个实验，特别关注了导致意大利领导的罗马普遍性行动委员会立陶宛分部成立的事件。其最初的目标和职能之一是促进该国法西斯化的进程。然而，尽管立陶宛中央人民共和国在1934年至1939年期间正式运作，但由于立陶宛政治精英不愿沿着法西斯主义的道路前进，这导致了该部分的逐渐消亡。本研究得到了立陶宛研究委员会的支持(资助号P-LIP-20-12)。披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。意大利法西斯意识形态的编纂花了一些时间。直到1932年，墨索里尼和乔瓦尼·詹蒂莱才出版了官方的《法西斯主义》(Sabatini Citation1997)。例如:V. [Juozas Purickis]。1925. “Fašizmo stiprė岛。“利图瓦，1925年7月15日;Jt。1925。' Fašistų revoliucijos trejui metui sukaktuvės。“列图瓦，11月10日;' Fašizmo įsigalėjimas Italijoj。1925年。列图瓦，11月13日;Rymas - tarptautinio katalicizmo sostinnik。Fašistų spauda dėl jubiliejiniui metui。1926年。Rytas, 1月1日;[J] . ŠvaistraBalč我ūnas -Švaistas]。1926. ' Kodėl Italijoj fašizmas laikosi?Rytas, 1月8日。关于立陶宛与罗马教廷关系的更多信息，见:kasparavi<e:1> (Citation2008)。亚历山德罗夫斯基很清楚立陶宛的政治局势。事实上，在相当长的一段时间里，苏俄向反对派民族主义者Tautininkai联盟、其领导人和期刊媒体提供了适度的财政支持(更多信息，参见:Butkus Citation2019, 536-551)。n Pascazio。“Relazione sul viaggio in lithuania”(没有日期;很可能是1933年11月下半月)。国家中央档案馆(以下简称ACS)、人民文化部长、宣传总局、文化部(1930-1944)。4 .《立陶宛国家宣传部》，第154基金，“立陶宛的法西斯主义”文件夹，未编号页。正式地说，研究所没有得到国家的财政支助，尽管高级官员的成员表明，它的活动可能得到一些间接的资助。有关Riomeris的演讲和随后的讨论的摘要，请参见:ma<e:1> (Citation1933)。1932年初也考虑过类似的计划，当时准备了新学院的章程并提交考纳斯地区负责人批准，但由于某种原因，学校没有开放。参见:Didžiulis, Iz [Tamošaitis] (Citation1933)。讲座内容包括:Tamošaitis“理想主义的复兴”、J. Tomkus“十字路口的民主”、V. Juodeika“社会生活的新指导方针”、J. valan<e:1>乌斯“经济理论与实践的新方向”、J. Keliuotis“宗教与当代生活”、Riomeris“公共法的起源”等。一些讲座的节选版在主要期刊上发表:I (Citation1933);Tomkus (Citation1933)。8。不必深谈此事，必须指出，除了组织公开演讲外，SPMI活动的主要领域是在Klaipėda地区反对德国纳粹的宣传，并在那里促进立陶宛民族主义。然而，从1935年开始，SPMI开始积极参与改革国家官僚机构，特别是其思想教育(rimaudas Citation1935)。研究所的活动尤其随着开始组织行政课程而加强，因此在1940年曾考虑开设一个单独的行政研究所(Lingėnas Citation1940)。这个问题在维尔纽斯及其区域归还后变得非常紧迫，因为据期刊报纸报道，许多在考纳斯工作的学生-民族主义者不愿加入行政部门并在维尔纽斯继续他们的教育。因此，紧急培养具有民族主义思想的行政工作人员的工作被委托给了支助团。参见:《Atsivertimas (Citation1940)》;' Pradėtos administ mokslio paskaitos (Citation1940);Kaip norima reformuoti mūsų administracijje。Reikšmingi ministerio pirmininko A. Merkio žodžiai (Citation1940).9。这部分反映在新的陶廷宁凯联盟章程的某些段落中。 例如，根据社团主义原则对国家进行重组，可以在“国家代表应该从国家文化、农业、商业和劳工等基本领域组成的组织(强调mine - VP)中召集”的宣言中看到(lietuviz tautininkl sąjungos žinynas 1,28 December 1933: 11)。n Pascazio。“在立陶宛放松”11。“我的法西斯极权主义思想是我的罗马思想控制我的泰德斯卡德拉superioritàdi razza在立陶宛。”罗马普遍平等委员会筹备工作。尼古拉·帕斯卡齐奥(第1177/418号);考纳斯，1933年11月20日)。”ACS，基金154，文件夹“立陶宛的法西斯主义”，未编号页。“我认为法西斯极权主义……”14.阿马多里致立陶宛中央委员会主席欧金尼奥·科塞尔斯基和内务部长墨索里尼的关于立陶宛中央委员会开幕的信(1934年3月19日)和第一次会议的记录:科塞尔斯基，e.l u立陶宛:立陶宛中央委员会的主要会议文件，第154基金，“立陶宛的法西斯主义”文件夹，未编号页。的记忆。A.斯塔内科斯(1938年11月28日)。Lietuvos Centrinis Valstybes Archyvas(立陶宛中央国家档案馆，以下简称LCVA)，第672页，第1页，第138页，第6-7.15页。正如Staneika所说:“这些活动主要表现在Tamošaitis、Kalvaitis和Tomkus的公开演讲中，他们在演讲中解释了法西斯主义的不同理论及其实施方式;此外，中非合作中心的两位代表也为此专门从罗马赶来(其中一位是Pavolini)，他们也做了两次讲座。他们转达了中心对立陶宛中央人民共和国的感谢，感谢立陶宛中央人民共和国连续两年组织了法西斯革命的节日庆祝活动，在意大利领事馆举办了特别招待会和庆祝晚宴，组织了纪念阿马多里先生的晚宴，以及非正式的座席和会议。LCVA，第672页，第1章，第138页，第6-7.16页。的记忆。A. Staneikos: 6-7.17。的记忆。A. Staneikos ': 6-7.18。斯特凡尼通讯社记者兼中欧驻波罗的海地区代表维托里奥·福斯基尼给默基斯的信(1938年11月15日)。LCVA, f. 672, ap. 1, b. 138, 1 . 3;迪·朱拉给默基斯的贺信(1938年12月17日)。LCVA, f. 672, ap. 1, b. 138, a . 8。有趣的是，在信件中，默基斯被称为大十字骑士，这是意大利国家最负盛名的奖项之一。科塞尔斯基给默基斯的信(1
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