are less positive. This development is compared with Estonia and Slovenia, two other small and very open economies …

Michael Zürn beleuchtet das Spannungsverhältnis zwischen Globalisierung und liberaler Demokratie. Die Erwartung, dass … die ökonomische Globalisierung den Siegeszug der Demokratie befördert, hat sich als Illusion entpuppt. Vielmehr hat sie zu …

threat to the survival of liberal democracy. Unlike communism, which attacked liberal democracy frontally and sometimes … towards authoritarianism. With different strategies and at different speeds, communism and populism achieve the same goal: the … destruction of liberal democracy. …

Illiberalism and authoritarianism have become major threats to democracy across the world. In response to this …

authoritarianism and the consolidation of a democratic regime. We analyse the impact of repression during the late Francoist regime … democratic period, but a significant and positive effect after 1981, once Spanish democracy consolidated. In order to probe into …

find that the invasion increased support for democracy and the welfare state, reinforced positive views of the European …

In this study, we analyse Estonia’s position in global value chains using World Input-Output Data and firm-level data …. We find that 69% of Estonia’s total exports are intermediate goods and services, exceeding the EU average (65%). Two …-thirds of Estonian imports are intermediates. Our findings suggest that Estonia is heavily involved in vertically and …

This paper presents one of the first studies of firm demographics in Estonia, particularly, on the processes of firm … Estonia during the observed period from 1995 to 2001, resulting from low institutional entry barriers and emergence of the SME …