Contemporary Environmentalism in the Baltic States
This book examines the relationship between environmentalism and political transition in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Environmentalism was a strong force behind the nationalist movements preceding the independence of the Baltic States and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union. The contributors illustrate how the Baltic States face contemporary environmental challenges through transition, enlargement and integration into the European Union.
This edited collection brings the reader through the political, economic and social changes of the post-Soviet Baltic States as a way of examining how transition influences environmentalism. Secondly, the book looks at how the enlargement of
the European Union to encompass the Baltic States has influenced political and legal approaches to the environment. Finally, the contributors examine how regional and global environmental narratives have shaped contemporary environmentalism in
the Baltic States. From eco-nationalism to the worlds first green prime minister, environmentalism continues to play an important role in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Baltic Studies.
David J. Galbreath is a Senior Lecturer of Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen. He has published on several policy areas in the Baltic States including minority rights, political parties, and foreign policy in journals such as the Journal of Baltic States, Cooperation and Conflict, Nationalities Papers, Geo-politics, and Governance.
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Contents
David J. Galbreath
Timofey Agarin
Richard Caddell
David J. Galbreath and Daunis Auers
Allan Sikk and Rune Holmgaard Andersen
Tove H. Malloy
Nora Mavanadze
Jussi S. Jauhiainen and Tarmo Pikner
Ellen Karm
Timofey Agarin is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Aberdeen. His work focuses on the cooperation between civil society groups and the Baltic governments on environmental as well as social integration issues.
Rune Holmgaard Andersen holds an MSc in Political Science from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. At present he is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Government and Politics at the University of Tartu, Estonia. His research focuses on political and economic transition theory, economic development and New Institutional Economics.
Daunis Auers is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Latvia. He has most recently edited a book on USLatvian relations ( Latvia and the USA: From Captive Nation to Strategic Partner , University of Latvia Press 2008), coauthored an article on the extreme-right in Latvia and Estonia with Andres Kasekamp ( Journal of Contemporary European Studies 2009), and co-authored, with Juri Ruus and Algis Krupavicius, a chapter on the use of referendums and initiatives in the Baltic states (Simon Hug and Karin Gilland Lutz (eds), Financing Referendum Campaigns , Palgrave).
Richard Caddell completed a PhD in international law at Cardiff University in 2009 and is a Lecturer in Law at Swansea University. His research work engages international law, with particular interests in international environmental law, the law of the sea and human rights, and post-Soviet legal transitions in Central and Eastern Europe, with special reference to the Baltic states.
David J. Galbreath is Senior Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen in the Department of Politics and International Relations and editor of European Security (Routledge). He is the author of several books on the Baltic states, including Nation-Building and Minority Politics in Post-Socialist States (ibidem 2005) and Continuity and Change in the Baltic Sea Region (with Ainius Laas and Jeremy W. Lamoreaux, Rodopi 2007). His journal articles on the Baltic states have appeared in Governance, Nationalities Papers, Geopolitics, the Journal of Contemporary European Studies , and numerous occasions in the Journal of Baltic Studies . He holds a Doctorate in Politics from the University of Leeds.
Jussi S. Jauhiainen is Professor of Applied Geography and Regional Planning at the University of Oulu in Finland and Associate Professor of Urban Geography at the University of Tartu in Estonia. His research interests are urban and regional development, policies and networks, and the Baltic Sea region.
Ellen Karm received her MA in International Studies: Russian, East European and Central Asian from the University of Washington in 2006. Previously she was employed in the private sector handling international legal and business matters. Currently she is working on non-fiction and fiction writing projects.
Tove H. Malloy is Director of the European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI) in Flensburg, Germany and Lecturer at the University of Southern Denmark. Her research focuses on the legal and political aspects of national and ethnic minority rights in international law and international relations, especially in the European context. She is the author of the monograph National Minority Rights in Europe (OUP 2005) as well as book chapters, journal articles and working papers.
Nora Mavanadze is currently a PhD candidate in Environmental Sciences and Policy at the Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. She has a Master of Science degree in Environmental Sciences and Policy from Central European University and a Bachelor degree in Economics from Vilnius University. Her main research interest lies at the interactions of economy and environment combining the two educational backgrounds. Ms Nora Mavanadze has worked on various aspects of sustainable development (assessment, strategic management, corporate social responsibility, environmental management) and her PhD dissertation focuses on environment and development issues in post-socialist countries.
Tarmo Pikner completed his PhD at the University of Oulu in 2008 on socionatural cross-border networks around the Baltic Sea. Currently he is a researcher at Tallinn University in Estonia. His topics are urbanization of nature, cultural economy and collective participations in civil society.
Allan Sikk is a Lecturer in Baltic Politics at University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies. His main research interests are new political parties, electoral politics and quantitative methods in political science. He has previously published in European Journal of Political Research, Party Politics and the Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics .
