New Lithuania in Old Hands

Effects and Outcomes of EUropeanization in Rural Lithuania

von Ida Harboe Knudsen

206 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Based on detailed ethnographic material, "New Lithuania in Old Hands" analyzes the impact that European Union accession has had upon the country's aging smallscale farmers, and describes how the reality of Lithuania’s EU membership has been a far cry from the scenarios of wealth and overabundance once promised. The text reveals that, in many instances, membership has resulted in a return to subsistence production, increased insecurity and a reinforcement of kinship obligations. Thus instead of treating the European Union as an elite project and voicing the support of various other segments of the population, this volume shows how broad parts of the rural population have been affected by and engaged in processes of change following Lithuania’s accession - changes that threaten to have a large impact upon the future of the country’s family structures and its farming demographic.

• Reihe: Anthem Series on Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Gesellschaft und Kultur, allgemein Gesellschaftliche Gruppen, Gemeinschaften und Identitäten Dörfer, Landgemeinden / Landleben
• ISBN: 9781783080472
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2013
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Anthem Press