The scientific-technical potential of the Baltic States and their possibilities for co operation with Europe require in-depth, specific analysis. With the deterioration of the structures of science and technology of the former Soviet Union, the severance of communications with former clients, industry and science and technology, the Baltic States - the leaders of the former Soviet Union in this area, faced a difficult new situation. The government budgets of these countries, due to economic decline, are not capable of financing scientific research and project studies, and industry has lost a...

All former Soviet Union countries experience their past as a heavy burden. It led to the centralisation of scientific personnel, the separation of research from teaching at universities, and a concentration of certain branches of technology in different parts of the Union. This has given rise to a one-sided technology and science potential which frequently cannot be sufficiently supported due to a lack of adequate finance.
Cooperation between the Baltic States themselves is often hampered by an exaggerated sense of national identity, and international cooperation can be made difficult...

Nachdem offensichtlich der Krise nach 1974 mit den herkommlichen Mitteln keyne sianischer Nachfragesteuerung nicht mehr beigekommen werden konnte und die Re gierungen in Westeuropa zu jeweils national spezifischen Varianten einer restrikti ven Austeritypolitik ubergingen, wurde der Ruf nach einer "alternativen Wirtschafts politik" laut. Sie sollte sowohl effizient im Sinne der Wiederherstellung der Vollbe schaftigung sein als auch dem Abbau an Sozialleistungen ein Ende bereiten und im Gegenteil sogar die Ausweitung des Systems der sozialen Sicherung auch als ein Mit tel der Schaffung von...

The scientific-technical potential of the Baltic States and their possibilities for co operation with Europe require in-depth, specific analysis. With the deterioration of the structures of science and technology of the former Soviet Union, the severance of communications with former clients, industry and science and technology, the Baltic States - the leaders of the former Soviet Union in this area, faced a difficult new situation. The government budgets of these countries, due to economic decline, are not capable of financing scientific research and project studies, and industry has lost a...

Elmar Altvater stellt im Anschluss an seinen erfolgreichen Band "MARX neu entdecken" Friedrich Engels (1820-1895) und eines seiner wichtigsten Werke vor, die "Dialektik der Natur".