The Baltic Chain
A Study of the Organisation Facets of Large-Scale Protest from a Micro-level Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6160010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paula Christie |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 183-211 |
| Publication date | 2016-02-20 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Lithuanian Historical Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1392-2343 • E-ISSN: 2538-6565 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.30965/25386565-02001008 |
| OpenAlex | W3007737848 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
Following the introduction of Gorbachev’s policy of glasnost, details of the secret protocols contained within the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact of 1939 were subsequently published. This led to widespread condemnation of the Soviet annexation of the three Baltic countries, which culminated in one of the largest-ever human chain protests. How was a protest spanning 671 kilometres and involving almost two million people across Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia organised and coordinated? Did particular variables impact upon individual levels of participant engagement and experience? This article engages with the experiences of those who were involved in the protest at a grass-roots level, and provides a nuanced picture of participant engagement often lacking within the dominant commemorative narrative of the protest
Annexation · Art · Cartography · Geography · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Participant observation · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Scale (ratio · Social science · Sociology · Visual arts · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law
Social conflict and social movements.
Russia's economy of favours
Collective Memory of Political Events
The Politics of Memory
The Making and Breaking of Soviet Lithuania. Memory and Modernity in the Wake of War
The influence of the Baltic popular movements on the process of Soviet disintegration
The Baltic States
Imagining the Nation
Gorbachev's Failure in Lithuania
Resistance and Rebellion
Exit-Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany
National Heroic Narratives in the Baltics as a Source for Nonviolent Political Action
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |