Airi-Alina Allaste
Biographic Data
| ID | 658767 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Airi-Alina Allaste |
| GIVEN NAMES | Airi-Alina |
| FAMILY NAME | Allaste |
| SIGNATURE | ALLASTE A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tallinn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7097-5554 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Culturally informed risk perceptions among young adult drinkers in Denmark, Estonia and Italy
Alcohol researchers have debated whether increased globalisation has reduced national differences in alcohol consumption and thus made alcohol cultures more similar. Building on this interest, this article examines the cultural perceptions of alcohol risk among young adult drinkers in Denmark, Estonia and Italy to find out if important cultural differences still exist in Europe. The study is based on 24 focus groups (n = 128) in the three countri…
Digital Citizenship and Digital Literacy
Drinking a Lot’ in Denmark, Estonia, and Italy
The article examines the relationship between excessive alcohol consumption, social context and perceived cultural norms in three European countries from the perspective of young adults. This generation is the first to come of age in a globalized world, frequently discussed in terms of diminishing national and regional differences. Several scholars have argued that these transformations have contributed to an increasing homogenization of European…
Becoming a Digital Citizen in Estonia? New Migrants' Interpretations of their Digital Participation
Students’ School and Political Participation in a Former Socialist Country
Former socialist states made great progress in the institutional set up and development of civil societies after the fall of their non-democratic regimes. However, the gap in levels of political participation between former socialist states and old democracies remains. Using two-wave panel data, this study explores how four different types of participation are related to each other and whether a sense of internal political efficacy is a prerequis…
Non-formal and Informal Learning as Citizenship Education
LGBT activism in Estonia
This article explores how Estonian LGBT activists make sense of their own activism. We analyze the activists’ perceptions of their activism, their identities and how those identities are deployed for action. All of these are, in turn, situated in how activists understand the broader Estonian LGBT community, and Estonian society’s historico-politically complex relationship with activism as such. The article is theoretically grounded within the new…
Social Media and Participation in Different Socio-political Contexts
Today’s young people are engaging in politicized activities and are more attuned to the concerns of their own generation, as opposed to issues more relevant to their parents. Youth political activism takes a less overt and more individualized approach, and young people today are enthusiastic about online participation and engaging in it in different ways. This article adds to the growing discussion that focuses on connections between social media…
I'm a feminist, I'm not ashamed and I'm proud’
From underground cultural boundaries in nineties to fluid networks at present. The context of youth (sub)cultural identities in Estonia
Younger generations in Estonia are involved into global cultural trends that exert increasing influence on their lives and identity formation. Even though youth cultural trends are nowadays global, they are also closely related to the local culture and historical background of their different societies. Subcultural trends adopted in Estonia have been altered in the process of their diffusion and their internal structure and relationshipto society…
Drugs and Doublethink in a Marginalised Community
Recreational Drug Use in Estonia
Youth subcultures, the use of illicit drugs, and the relationship between the two were thoroughly influenced by the opening of Estonia to international influences in the 1990s. Survey data point at a recent growth in the use of illicit drugs among Estonian teenagers. Relying on participant observation and a number of in-depth individual and group interviews in 1997–2000, the article describes the “club” or “rave” culture in the Estonian capital. …
Social Media and Participation in Different Socio-political Contexts
Today’s young people are engaging in politicized activities and are more attuned to the concerns of their own generation, as opposed to issues more relevant to their parents. Youth political activism takes a less overt and more individualized approach, and young people today are enthusiastic about online participation and engaging in it in different ways. This article adds to the growing discussion that focuses on connections between social media…
I'm a feminist, I'm not ashamed and I'm proud’
Recreational Drug Use in Estonia
Youth subcultures, the use of illicit drugs, and the relationship between the two were thoroughly influenced by the opening of Estonia to international influences in the 1990s. Survey data point at a recent growth in the use of illicit drugs among Estonian teenagers. Relying on participant observation and a number of in-depth individual and group interviews in 1997–2000, the article describes the “club” or “rave” culture in the Estonian capital. …
Becoming a Digital Citizen in Estonia? New Migrants' Interpretations of their Digital Participation
Recreational Drug Use in Estonia
Youth subcultures, the use of illicit drugs, and the relationship between the two were thoroughly influenced by the opening of Estonia to international influences in the 1990s. Survey data point at a recent growth in the use of illicit drugs among Estonian teenagers. Relying on participant observation and a number of in-depth individual and group interviews in 1997–2000, the article describes the “club” or “rave” culture in the Estonian capital. …
Drugs and Doublethink in a Marginalised Community
From underground cultural boundaries in nineties to fluid networks at present. The context of youth (sub)cultural identities in Estonia
Younger generations in Estonia are involved into global cultural trends that exert increasing influence on their lives and identity formation. Even though youth cultural trends are nowadays global, they are also closely related to the local culture and historical background of their different societies. Subcultural trends adopted in Estonia have been altered in the process of their diffusion and their internal structure and relationshipto society…
I'm a feminist, I'm not ashamed and I'm proud’
Social Media and Participation in Different Socio-political Contexts
Today’s young people are engaging in politicized activities and are more attuned to the concerns of their own generation, as opposed to issues more relevant to their parents. Youth political activism takes a less overt and more individualized approach, and young people today are enthusiastic about online participation and engaging in it in different ways. This article adds to the growing discussion that focuses on connections between social media…
LGBT activism in Estonia
This article explores how Estonian LGBT activists make sense of their own activism. We analyze the activists’ perceptions of their activism, their identities and how those identities are deployed for action. All of these are, in turn, situated in how activists understand the broader Estonian LGBT community, and Estonian society’s historico-politically complex relationship with activism as such. The article is theoretically grounded within the new…
Non-formal and Informal Learning as Citizenship Education
Students’ School and Political Participation in a Former Socialist Country
Former socialist states made great progress in the institutional set up and development of civil societies after the fall of their non-democratic regimes. However, the gap in levels of political participation between former socialist states and old democracies remains. Using two-wave panel data, this study explores how four different types of participation are related to each other and whether a sense of internal political efficacy is a prerequis…
Culturally informed risk perceptions among young adult drinkers in Denmark, Estonia and Italy
Alcohol researchers have debated whether increased globalisation has reduced national differences in alcohol consumption and thus made alcohol cultures more similar. Building on this interest, this article examines the cultural perceptions of alcohol risk among young adult drinkers in Denmark, Estonia and Italy to find out if important cultural differences still exist in Europe. The study is based on 24 focus groups (n = 128) in the three countri…
Digital Citizenship and Digital Literacy
Drinking a Lot’ in Denmark, Estonia, and Italy
The article examines the relationship between excessive alcohol consumption, social context and perceived cultural norms in three European countries from the perspective of young adults. This generation is the first to come of age in a globalized world, frequently discussed in terms of diminishing national and regional differences. Several scholars have argued that these transformations have contributed to an increasing homogenization of European…
Becoming a Digital Citizen in Estonia? New Migrants' Interpretations of their Digital Participation
Sociology (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Social Media and Politics (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (3 works) · Geography (3 works)