Political Parties and Party Systems in the Baltic States

IDevice Icon The Objectives
  • To introduce some new concepts: political party, party system, electoral systems, etc.
  • To provide a general overview about the main characteristics of the party systems the Baltic countries
  • To provide a more detailed overview about the party systems in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
  • To introduce briefly some major parties in the Baltic politics
  • To provide a brief overview about the electoral systems in the Baltic States

The Outcomes of the Learning Object:

 

  • The basic knowledge about the main characteristics of the party systems in the Baltic States
  • The basic knowledge how party systems and electoral systems differ in the Baltic States country by country
  • The basic knowledge about some most prominent parties in the Baltic politics

The target group
Foreign students interested in the Baltic States

Learning material consits of:

  • 2 video lectures: Part 1 (68 minutes) and Part 2 (78 minutes)
  • 4 exercises
The video lectures for the 4th lecture of the course "Baltic Politics and Government".

Technical Requirements: no special software is required, only flash player (download Adobe Flash Player) and pdf reader (download Adobe Reader) are needed.
Passing the learning object takes approximately 8 academic hours

Author of the Learning Object:
Tõnis Saarts, lecturer of Political Science, Institute of Political Science and Public Administration, Tallinn University

Tõnis Saarts, Tallinn University 2009