SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND STATE FOUNDATION ESTONIA, LATVIA, LITHUANIA Table of content Foreword: Social Democracy and the Founding of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Tobias Mörschel.......................................................... 2 Authors................................................................... 4 The Inception of Social Democracy and Statehood in Estonia Tõnu Ints/ Kristjan Saharov.................................................5 1| Social Democracy prior to Independence................................... 7 2| The Road to Independence.............................................. 15 3| Building the New State.................................................. 27 4| The Subsequent Role of the Social Democrats.............................. 39 5| A Look Back at the Achievements of the Social Democrats.................... 48 Literature................................................................ 51 Latvian Statehood and Social Democracy Ivars Ījabs............................................................. 53 1| The New Agenda: Socialism and Latvian National Movement.................. 57 2| Social Democracy and Statehood......................................... 73 3| Social Democracy and 18 November...................................... 85 4| The LSDSP and the Independent State..................................... 93 5| The Demise and Legacy of the LSDSP.................................... 107 6| Conclusion........................................................... 113 Literature............................................................... 118 Social Democracy in the Formation of the Modern Lithuanian State Gintaras Mitrulevičius................................................... 119 1| Historical Context of Lithuanian Social Democracy and Ideological-Programmatic Assumptions and Political Aspirations......... 121 2| Role of the Social Democrats in the(Re)Construction of the Lithuanian State(1914–1919)........................................ 139 3| Social Democracy in the Consolidation of Lithuanian Statehood(1920–1922).. 153 Literature............................................................... 163 Summaries of the country studies.......................................... 165 1