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UNINA9910451288403321 |
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Autore |
Lane Thomas. |
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Lithuania : stepping westward / / Thomas Lane |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2001 |
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1-134-49935-3 |
1-280-07481-7 |
9786610074815 |
0-203-40274-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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Collana |
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Postcommunist states and nations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Lithuania History |
Lithuania Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published 2001 by Routledge. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Chronology; Preface; Introduction; Map of Lithuania; Section I: Revival and Repression 1914-1985; 1 Independent Lithuania between the Wars; 2 Sovietization 1940-1985; Section II: Independence and the Politics of Transition1985-1999; 3 The Achievement of Independence 1985-1991; 4 Government and Politics in Independent Lithuania; 5 The Lithuanian Economy after Independence; 6 Lithuania's Foreign and National Security Policy; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Lithuania restored her independence, after half a century of Soviet occupation, in the immediate aftermath of the failed Moscow coup in August 1991. As the multi-national Soviet state disintegrated, Lithuania evolved, without war or violence, from a communist state and a command economy to a liberal democracy, a free market, and a society guaranteeing human and minority rights. Lithuania therefore offers a notable example of peaceful transition, all the more impressive in the light of the bloody conflict elsewhere in the former Soviet Union of Yugoslavia, where the aspirations to independence |
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