Roadmaps to Post-Communist Neoliberalism: The Case of the Baltic States

Authors

Jokubas Salyga, The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1-2023

Abstract

This article uncovers the pre-1991 origins of Baltic neoliberal regimes. It highlights the role of the communication networks between reformist economists in the Baltic National Fronts and social forces advocating neoliberalism in Scandinavia and the United States. We assert that those networks functioned as the early carriers of ideational and policy change, even if reform contents were authored by domestic rather than transnational agencies. Firstly, the article previews the structural factors conducive to network formation. Secondly, it examines the networks by highlighting cross-national differences. Finally, it chronicles the idiosyncratic paths of neoliberal reformers’ ascendance to the positions of influence.

Comments

Original published version available at https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2023.2185647

Recommended Citation

Jokubas Salyga (2023) Roadmaps to post-communist neoliberalism: the case of the Baltic states, Journal of Baltic Studies, DOI: 10.1080/01629778.2023.2185647

Publication Title

Journal of Baltic Studies

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1080/01629778.2023.2185647