| Abstract [eng] |
After a collapse of the Soviet Union most of Central and East European countries, including Lithuania, are often entitled as "the second echelon", agrarian region, periphery of Western civilization or the "Third World". The cultural and economical lag is often said to be caused by a mental gap, which was constructed by model of soviet collectivism and planned economy. Herewith, slowly changing categories in cognition impact the reflections on market economy model and its mode of functioning. The ideological and physical installation of collectivism and disruption of private sector during Sovietism in Lithuania contradicted the centenary traditions of private (individual) business' understanding. The shadow status of the private sector influenced a perverted evolution of property relations, which distinguished by private sector development processes, which dubbed state functions. After the recovery of independence, speedy land economy, property and social reforms in the village and city clashed with the expressions of collectivism practice and traditions of shadow business, which had been implanted during epoch of Sovietism. This evoked the feeling of uncertainty and social strain in post soviet society. |
