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This volume is devoted to the relationship between political and social dimensions of nation-building in Estonia. The authors of the volume analyse the Estonian nation-building since 1991, when the Soviet Union collapsed and Estonia regained independence, in the context of post-communist transformation and globalization. Such a double macro-historical change has brought about highly polarized views in society between the ethnic Estonian and Russian-speaking communities on a number of key aspects of nationbuilding, like ethnic policy, meaning of national integration etc. The volume argues that national integration can progress only via formation of a unifying citizen identity in Estonia, embedded within democratic political processes.
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Contents: Raivo Vetik: Introduction: Estonian Nation-Building in the Double Context of Post-Communist Transformation and Globalization - Raivo Vetik: Estonian ethnic policy after regaining independence - Marek Tamm: Conflicting Communities of Memory. War Monuments and Monument Wars in Contemporary Estonia - Rein Ruutsoo/Mari-Liis Jakobson/Leif Kalev: Segmented Civil Society as Challenge for Democracy: The Russophone Minority in Estonia - Mari-Liis Jakobson/Leif Kalev/Rein Ruutsoo: Becoming Postnational? Citizen Discourses among Estonia's Transnationals and Multiculturals - Marti Taru: The Promise and Contribution of Youth Work to Cross-Cultural Integration - Maaris Raudsepp: Positional suffering and semiotic freedom: Russian-speakers in Estonia - Jüri Kruusvall/Maaris Raudsepp: Perspectives of Interethnic Relations in Different Contact Conditions - Gerli Nimmerfeldt: Ethnic and Civic Identities of Russian Youth in Estonia - Jennie L. Schulze: Shattering the Glass Ceiling. Russian Perspectives on Integration in Estonia - Raivo Vetik/Leif Kalev/Gerli Nimmerfeldt: Conclusions.
