Political culture, participation and civil society in the Baltic States
The Objectives
- To introduce the new concepts: political culture and interest groups
- To provide a basic overview about the main features of the political culture in the Baltic countries
- To provide an overview about the main trends of political participation and trust in the Baltic countries and to compare the Baltic States with the Western Europe
- To demonstrate how the interest groups are exerting pressure on politics and which are the more or less influencial interest groups in the Baltic politics
The Outcomes of the Learning Object:
- The basic knowledge what is a political culture and what are the interest groups
- The basic knowledge about the main features of the political culture in the Baltic States
- The basic knowledge about the trends and forms of political participation in the Baltic countries
The target group
Foreign students interested in the Baltic States
Learning material consits of:
- 2 video lectures: Part 1 (39 minutes) and Part 2 (58 minutes).
- 3 exercises
Technical Requirements: no special software is required, only flash player (download Adobe Flash Player) and pdf reader (download Adobe Reader) are needed.
Passing the learning object takes approximately 8 academic hours
Author of the Learning Object:
Tõnis Saarts, lecturer of Political Science, Institute of Political Science and Public Administration, Tallinn University
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Tõnis Saarts, Tallinn University 2009