Newsletter - Social Science in Eastern Europe 2001- 2
LATVIA
Cesu 4
LV-4200 Valmiera
Tel.: +371 42 07230
Fax: +371 42 07229
E-mail: info@va.lv
Internet: http://www.va.lv
Management: Bajars, Gunars Prof. (rector)
Year of foundation: 1996
Staff: 34
Departments:
* Dept. of Travel and Tourism
* Dept. of Business Administration
* Dept. of Political Science
* Dept. of Communication and Public Relations
Research topics:
* Common foreign and security policy of the EU.
* Enlargement of the European Union: potential impact both for member-states
and candidate-countries.
* Cooperation, conflict and integration in Europe.
* Political parties in Latvia
* Party systems
* Political elites
* Party financing
* Latvia - Russia relations
* Contemporary Latvian politics
* Social policy
* Politico-administrative relations
* Public administration reform
* Local democracy
* Local government performance
* Ethnic relations, ethnic policy
* Nationalism
* Military history
* Political communication as a dialogue in the transition states
* Development of the European idea in the space of Latvian mass media
* Tourism in Vidzeme
* Environmental changes due to human economic activities
* Assessment and utilisation of local tourism resources in physical planning
* Theoretical aspects of culture tourism
Main current research projects (last three years):
* Policy analysis project Ethnic discrimination in Latvia : EU perspective
(A. Pabriks)
* Social Integration in Latvia (A. Pabriks)
* Policy Analysis project Accountability and Governance: Evaluation of
Constitutional
* Reform Proposals in Latvia (J. Ikstens)
* Party Finance in the Baltic countries. (J. Ikstens)
* The National development program of Latvian tourism (I. Stūre, I. Ābols,
G. Bajārs)
Publications in English (last ten years only):
* Artis Pabriks. 1998. "Keeping Course Towards the West", in: Peter
Rutland (ed.), The Challenge of Integration. Annual Survey of Eastern Europe
and Former Soviet Union 1997, pp.133-138, East West Institute.
* Artis Pabriks. 1997. Co-author of the UNDP development report on Latvia,
1996. Contribution to the chapter on the ethnic situation in Latvia.
* Artis Pabriks. 1997. "The Impact of Values of Communitarianism and
Individualism upon the Formation of a Political Nation in Latvia", in Latvian
Human Rights Quarterly, No. 1., pp.38-53.
* Artis Pabriks. 1994. "Some Notes Regarding the Evolution of
Nationalism", in The Transition Towards Democracy: Experience in Latvia
and in the World, University of Latvia.
* Artis Pabriks. 1994. "Citizenship and Rights of Minorities in
Latvia", in Humanities and Social Sciences, Latvia, No 1(2).
* Artis Pabriks. 1995. Nations, Nationalism, and Ethnic Policy, Department
of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
* Artis Pabriks. 1995. Alienation: The Fall of the Soviet Regime in
Latvia, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark.
* D. Jansone, M. Sprindzuks. 1999. "Governance, Human Development,
Globalization and European Integration" // Latvia Human
Development Report 1999, pp.61-76
* D. Jansone, 1999. Some Reflections about the Relationship between
Central, Regional and Local Governments in Latvia, in National Science Council,
Taipei, Bonn Office (ed.) Conference Prague 1999: Transitional Societies in
Comparison: East Central Europe vs. Taiwan, Peter Lang, pp.139-143.
* Juris Ciganovs, 1999. The Resistance Movement Against the Soviet Regime
in Latvia betveen 1940 and 1941 // The Anti Soviet Resistance in the Baltic
States - Vilnius, pp. 122 - 131
* Bajars, G.; Abols, I.; Drukmane, I., Gibiete B. 1998. Tourism Images and
Perspectives in the Vidzeme Region of Latvia. Proc. of int. sem. Searching
and Researching the Baltic Sea Region. Bornholm, Report 17, pp.51-67.
* Drukmane, I.; Gibiete, B.; Abols, I.; Bajārs, G. 1999. Tourism Images
and Perspectives in the Vidzeme Region. Proceedings of the Conference
"Transformation of Economic and Political Systems in the Baltic Sea
Region",. C. Kroncke, H.-P. Svege (eds.). Tartu, pp.190-200.
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