Nation-Building in the Context of Post-Communist Transformation and Globalization: The Case of Estonia - 24 (New Edition.)

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.