Transition in the Baltic States: economical and political

The Objectives

To provide a general overview about the main features of transition in CEE and the Baltic States in the 1990’s
To provide a more detailed overview about the the economical transition and the most important market reforms in the Baltic States in the I half of 1990’s
Discuss the question, whether Baltic countries are the consolidated democracies today and why democratization was more successful in the Baltic States than in other parts of former Soviet Union
To introduce some new concepts: shock therapy, gradual transition, consolidated democracy

The Outcomes of the Learning Object:

The basic knowledge about the economical transition and market reforms in the Baltic States in the 1990’s
New concepts: shock therapy, gradual transition, consolidated democracy

The target group
Foreign students interested in the Baltic States

Learning material consits of:

2 video lectures: Part 1 (27 minutes) and Part 2 (54 minutes).
4 exercises

The video lectures for the 6th lecture of the course "Baltic Politics and Government".

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

This work is licensed under a http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License

Tõnis Saarts, Tallinn University 2009