03696nam 2200637Ia 450 991081853830332120230725021003.01-282-99169-8978661299169190-420-3250-210.1163/9789042032507(CKB)2560000000061689(EBL)668976(OCoLC)707068807(SSID)ssj0000486642(PQKBManifestationID)12188638(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000486642(PQKBWorkID)10441559(PQKB)11175634(MiAaPQ)EBC668976(OCoLC)727176897(OCoLC)706425630(OCoLC)743202171(OCoLC)816641157(nllekb)BRILL9789042032507(Au-PeEL)EBL668976(CaPaEBR)ebr10447242(CaONFJC)MIL299169(EXLCZ)99256000000006168919981021d2011 uy 0engur|n|||||||||txtccrPost-communist democratisation in Lithuania[electronic resource] elites, parties, and youth political organisations, 1988-2001 /Diana JanušauskienėAmsterdam ;New York Rodopi20111 online resource (183 p.)On the boundary of two worlds ;28Description based upon print version of record.90-420-3249-9 Includes bibliographical references.Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Theorising Post-Communist Democratisation: The Role of Political Elites -- The New Political Scene in Lithuania -- Rising New Elites: A Case of Youth Political Organisations -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- The Content of the Questionnaires -- Description of the Respondents -- Summarised Data from the Survey of the Members of Youth Political Organisations -- Summarised Data of the Survey of Members of the Lithuanian Parliament in 1996-2000 -- About the Author.Post-Communist Democratisation in Lithuania: Elites, Parties, and Youth Political Organisations. 1988 – 2001 explains post-communist changes in Lithuania. The transformation of political party system, political elites and youth political organisations in Lithuania are examined in light of democratisation in other post-communist countries. By linking theories of democratisation and elites to actual events, the book provides an analytical framework for interpreting political regime change and development in Lithuania. The book is based on five assumptions: (1) democratisation in Lithuania belongs to a ‘Western type’ of democratic development; (2) elites and nationalism were the major forces in modernisation; (3) Lithuanian elites have used the favourable conditions of perestroika and were the major actors in regime transformation; (4) the crop of political elites in Lithuania undergoes a generational change, and youth political organisations are very important in this process as they serve as schools for future politicians; and (5) class theory is less useful than elite theory when analysing the process of democratisation in Lithuania.On the boundary of two worlds ;28.DemocratizationLithuaniaPolitical partiesLithuaniaLithuaniaPolitics and governmentDemocratizationPolitical parties324.94Janušauskienė Diana1630480MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818538303321Post-communist democratisation in Lithuania3968815UNINA