Two decades on from the start of the 'Singing Revolution', and five years on from the Baltic States' entry to the European Union, the time is ripe to take stock of Estonia's remarkable transition from Soviet Republic to EU member state and address the challenges - some new, some ongoing - and uncertainties that have arisen following the country's entry to the EU.
This book locates the post-accession period within the broader sweep of post-communist transition and diagnoses the problems facing Estonia as the global economic downturn takes hold and a new mood of pessimism reigns in...
Two decades on from the start of the 'Singing Revolution', and five years on from the Baltic States' entry to the European Union, the time is ripe ...
The Ashgate Research Companion to European Social Transformation provides both a comprehensive and authoritative state of the art review of the current research in this subject. Each of the 24 specially commissioned chapters develops and summarises their key issue or debate with regard to European social transformation of social structures, economics, politics, culture and special concerns. By drawing together leading scholars from sociology, social policy and politics, this companion provides an up to the minute snapshot of current scholarship as well as signposting several fruitful avenues...
The Ashgate Research Companion to European Social Transformation provides both a comprehensive and authoritative state of the art review of the curren...