Systemstöd och demokratiattityder i Baltikum
2015 (Swedish)In: Nordisk Østforum, ISSN 0801-7220, E-ISSN 1891-1773, no 2, p. 143-165
Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Drawing on cross-national public opinion surveys from the spring of 2014, this article analyses popular support for democracy in the three Baltic states – more specifically the attitudinal differences between the ethnic majorities and the Russian-speaking minorities in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. It assesses the democratic political culture of the three countries 25 years after the fall of communism in Europe, 10 years after EU membership, a few years after the global financial crisis, and in the midst of the recent Russian–Ukrainian crisis. The data demonstrate widespread public dissatisfaction with democracy throughout the region, especially in Latvia, the country hardest hit by the crisis in 2008–2009. As a rule, the Russian-speaking minorities in the three Baltic states tend to be more critical of democracy than ethnic Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 2015. no 2, p. 143-165
Keywords [en]
Baltic states, support for democracy, public opinion, Russian minority, political culture, political dissatisfaction
National Category
Political Science (excluding Public Administration Studies and Globalisation Studies)
Research subject
Baltic and East European studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-25808Local ID: 1857/42/2012OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-25808DiVA, id: diva2:779450
Part of project
European Values under Attack? Democracy, Disaffection and Minority Rights in the Baltic states, The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies
Funder
The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, A024-20122015-01-122015-01-122020-10-26Bibliographically approved