Nature, development and national identity
The battle over sustainable forestry in Latvia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7763633 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katrina Z S Schwartz (University of Wisconsin–Madison, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 99-118 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644019908414481 |
| OpenAlex | W2041603221 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 20 |
The battle over sustainable forestry in Latvia provides insights into tensions between growth and conservation in a post‐Soviet context. A diverse coalition of sustainability‐oriented advocates of reform, with extensive ties to western organisations, is campaigning to improve operating conditions for private loggers and forest owners and to increase attention to landscape and biodiversity in forestry management. It is opposed by conservative forestry officials who are suspicious of both private enterprise and Western involvement, and for whom maximisation of material production is the sovereign criterion of forest stewardship. This battle reflects a deep divide between ‘liberal internationalism’ and ‘agrarian nationalism’: competing orientations toward national identity and developmental destiny in post‐Soviet Latvian political culture. While the outcome of this battle remains undecided, the debate itself suggests that, as in the late Soviet period, the politics of conservation continues to be strongly linked with the politics of national identity
Agrarian reform · Agriculture · Archaeology · Battle · Economics · Economy · Geography · National identity · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Sustainability · Law · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition · Russia and Soviet political economy · Soviet and Russian History
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2026 (26) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |