Lithuania’s Quest for Self-Determination

Municipal Responses to National Emigration

Thomas A. Bryer, Egle Butkeviciene, Rimantas Rauleckas, Egle Vaidelyte, Jolanta Vaiciuniene (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

158 Seiten

2023
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-7936-4252-3 (ISBN)

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Self-determination in the European Union rests on the strength and skills of a country’s representatives to manage and leverage relationships with other nations, and for individuals it rests on the ability to use autonomy and freedom wisely. To flourish, an individual must consciously determine their own path. Similarly, we can say a country can flourish. Self-determinism for a country is conditioned on the forces that facilitate or hinder its ability to succeed as a society. The same forces that can help a nation to flourish might also accelerate the decision to emigrate among a nation’s people. This is the paradox, and it is the quest: national and individual self-determination, to allow choice for emigration but to have strength of culture, civics, and institutions to discourage it, or to encourage return migration for those who have left. In this book, we address this paradox and this quest using the case of Lithuania. More specifically, we examine how municipalities can and do respond to ongoing population shrinking due to emigration in Lithuania, the non-economic factors that facilitate decisions to emigrate, and the opportunities for local governments to shrink smartly or reverse shrinkage.

Thomas Andrew Bryer is professor of public administration at the University of Central Florida and in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities at Kaunas University of Technology. Paulina Budrytė is researcher and lecturer at Kaunas University of Technology. Eglė Vaidelytė is full professor, vice-dean for studies and a member of research group “Civil Society and Sustainability” at Kaunas University of Technology. Eglė Butkevičienė is full professor of Sociology and head of Committee for Political Science, Sociology and Public Governance Study Programs at Kaunas University of Technology. Rimantas Rauleckas is associate professor and a member of “Public Governance” research group at Kaunas University of Technology. Jolanta Vaičiūnienė is head of the Municipal Training Centre and member of the research ground "Civil Society and Sustainable Development" at Kaunas University of Technology.

Introduction: The Lithuanian Paradox—Opportunity for Her People, Emigration from Her Municipalities

Part I: Emigration: Causes, Consequences, and Municipal Responses

Chapter 1: Causes of Emigration—Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives

Chapter 2: Municipal Responses to Emigration—Dealing with Emigration

Part II. The Case of Lithuania—Historical Perspective

Chapter 3: History of Lithuania: Summary from Early Times to Today and Beyond

Chapter 4: Population Trends in Lithuania from a Historical Perspective

Part III: Contemporary Emigration Causes, Consequences, and Municipal Responses in Lithuania

Chapter 5: Profiles and Intentions of Lithuanians to Emigrate

Chapter 6: Emigration as a Civic Concern

Chapter 7: Emigration as a Loyalty Concern

Chapter 8: Municipal Responses to Emigration

Part IV: Final Reflections

Conclusion: Conclusion and Recommendations for Municipalities

Erscheinungsdatum	11.11.2023
Reihe/Serie	Democratic Dilemmas and Policy Responsiveness
Zusatzinfo	28 Tables, 6 BW Photos
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 237 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-7936-4252-4 / 1793642524
ISBN-13	978-1-7936-4252-3 / 9781793642523
Zustand	Neuware