Essays about: "eastern bloc"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words eastern bloc.

  1. 1. The third way in Hungary between 1945 and 1956

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Andras Bölöni; [2023]
    Keywords : 1956 revolution; Hungarian politics; third way idea; Wilhelm Röpke; socialism; Soviet Union; Eastern Bloc; conflict of ideologies; Stalinism; new phase policy; workers’ councils;

    Abstract : This thesis introduces the concept of the third way in politics, why focusing on how the idea was present in the political sphere in Hungary between 1945 and 1956. The time frame was chosen as in both years Hungarians saw a complete turmoil in their country, which could have been a chance to introduce a completely new system. READ MORE

  3. 2. The curious case of the Russo-Georgian war: economic implications of a post-Soviet conflict

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Edward Lilliehöök; [2021]
    Keywords : case study; Georgia; Russia; synthetic control method; war;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper was to fill a gap in the literature on the consequences of the Russo-Georgian war of 2008. I asked: how did Russia's invasion of Georgia affect Georgian per capita GDP? I hypothesised that the effect was negative but negligible and used the synthetic control method to answer the research question. READ MORE

  4. 3. Let Our Voices Also Be Heard : Memory Pluralism in Latvian Museums About World War II and the Post-War Period

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Author : Georgia Gilbert Gladitz; [2019]
    Keywords : Holocaust Memory; Latvia; Museums;

    Abstract : The decades following the fall of the Soviet Union have seen drastic changes in society and culture within Europe. The desire to create a unified, pan-European historical narrative has been challenged by the expansion of the European Union. READ MORE

  5. 4. Dwindling Democracy : A study of democratic backsliding in the European Union’s Eastern bloc

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Caroline Heidenberg; [2018]
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    Abstract : Proposed democratic backsliding in some Eastern members of the European Union, has recently been raised as a new challenge for the EU. Because of this, this thesis aims to shine light on the extent of democratic backsliding in the EU’s Eastern bloc and the factors that enable it. READ MORE

  6. 5. Commons Across Slovak Countryside

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Terezia Stevuliakova; [2017]
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    Abstract : Culture houses in Slovak villages, remnats of the former Soviet Union and other countries of Eastern Bloc, provides spaces for events and meetings that bring people together. 2 The project aims to explore how culture and spaces for it can ground other developing projects in a particular physical, social and historical context and enable users to become active in the present transformation of place and to mediate more diverse life in rural areas. READ MORE