The remaking of geopolitical space and institutional transformations: the case of the Baltic Region

This article adopts the historical neo-institutional approach to analyse the dissolution of the Livonian Confederation and the ensuing reshaping of the Baltic region in the 16th-19th centuries. These historical events are employed to describe the post-bifurcation incorporation of a society in a diff...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Pavel A. Barakhvostov
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University 2021
Materias:	institutions institutional transformations social structure empire autonomy Regional economics. Space in economics HT388
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/d611315c67124f0d93f67f195a49411a
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:d611315c67124f0d93f67f195a49411a
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d611315c67124f0d93f67f195a49411a2021-11-22T20:17:16ZThe remaking of geopolitical space and institutional transformations: the case of the Baltic Region10.5922/2079-8555-2021-3-32079-85552310-0524https://doaj.org/article/d611315c67124f0d93f67f195a49411a2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.kantiana.ru/eng/baltic_region/4952/31212/https://doaj.org/toc/2079-8555https://doaj.org/toc/2310-0524This article adopts the historical neo-institutional approach to analyse the dissolution of the Livonian Confederation and the ensuing reshaping of the Baltic region in the 16th-19th centuries. These historical events are employed to describe the post-bifurcation incorporation of a society in a different social system. Several inclusion models are identified. The centralised model suggests that the incorporated society reproduces the institutions of the incorporating society. Modified institutions are transplanted to the incorporated society within the quasi-centralised model, whilst only selected modified institutions are transferred within the autonomist one. The author analyses mechanisms playing a part in state mergers and emphasises their dependence on the institutional environment of the incorporating society. For instance, a part of Livonia was incorporated in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (PLC) through transplanting PLC institutions, primarily political ones, to the newly acquired territories. To this end, a mechanism was developed to encourage cooperation from the nobility without further stratification. Sweden, however, acted on the autonomist model when incorporating Estland and Livland. Economic, political, and sociocultural institutions, many of which were of hybrid type, were transplanted, whilst socialisation mechanisms and incentives applied to a wider section of the population. The Russian approach, which had at its core security considerations, combined autonomist elements (establishment of hybrid institutions in the new territories) and centralised components (propagation of Russian imperial institutions). The merger mechanisms included the creation of an Ostsee estate system and incentives for the higher estates coupled with repressions against commoners. Overall, the nature of state mergers and institutional transplantations depends on whether the incorporated territories have had a history of statehood, another significant factor is the degree of similarity between the institutions of the acquired territories and the metropole. Pavel A. BarakhvostovImmanuel Kant Baltic Federal Universityarticleinstitutionsinstitutional transformationssocial structureempireautonomyRegional economics. Space in economicsHT388ENBaltic Region, Vol 13, Iss 3, Pp 42-57 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	institutions institutional transformations social structure empire autonomy Regional economics. Space in economics HT388
spellingShingle	institutions institutional transformations social structure empire autonomy Regional economics. Space in economics HT388 Pavel A. Barakhvostov The remaking of geopolitical space and institutional transformations: the case of the Baltic Region
description	This article adopts the historical neo-institutional approach to analyse the dissolution of the Livonian Confederation and the ensuing reshaping of the Baltic region in the 16th-19th centuries. These historical events are employed to describe the post-bifurcation incorporation of a society in a different social system. Several inclusion models are identified. The centralised model suggests that the incorporated society reproduces the institutions of the incorporating society. Modified institutions are transplanted to the incorporated society within the quasi-centralised model, whilst only selected modified institutions are transferred within the autonomist one. The author analyses mechanisms playing a part in state mergers and emphasises their dependence on the institutional environment of the incorporating society. For instance, a part of Livonia was incorporated in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (PLC) through transplanting PLC institutions, primarily political ones, to the newly acquired territories. To this end, a mechanism was developed to encourage cooperation from the nobility without further stratification. Sweden, however, acted on the autonomist model when incorporating Estland and Livland. Economic, political, and sociocultural institutions, many of which were of hybrid type, were transplanted, whilst socialisation mechanisms and incentives applied to a wider section of the population. The Russian approach, which had at its core security considerations, combined autonomist elements (establishment of hybrid institutions in the new territories) and centralised components (propagation of Russian imperial institutions). The merger mechanisms included the creation of an Ostsee estate system and incentives for the higher estates coupled with repressions against commoners. Overall, the nature of state mergers and institutional transplantations depends on whether the incorporated territories have had a history of statehood, another significant factor is the degree of similarity between the institutions of the acquired territories and the metropole.
format	article
author	Pavel A. Barakhvostov
author_facet	Pavel A. Barakhvostov
author_sort	Pavel A. Barakhvostov
title	The remaking of geopolitical space and institutional transformations: the case of the Baltic Region
title_short	The remaking of geopolitical space and institutional transformations: the case of the Baltic Region
title_full	The remaking of geopolitical space and institutional transformations: the case of the Baltic Region
title_fullStr	The remaking of geopolitical space and institutional transformations: the case of the Baltic Region
title_full_unstemmed	The remaking of geopolitical space and institutional transformations: the case of the Baltic Region
title_sort	remaking of geopolitical space and institutional transformations: the case of the baltic region
publisher	Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/d611315c67124f0d93f67f195a49411a
work_keys_str_mv	AT pavelabarakhvostov theremakingofgeopoliticalspaceandinstitutionaltransformationsthecaseofthebalticregion AT pavelabarakhvostov remakingofgeopoliticalspaceandinstitutionaltransformationsthecaseofthebalticregion
_version_	1718417405900750848

The remaking of geopolitical space and institutional transformations: the case of the Baltic Region

Ejemplares similares