Three models of integration and the Estonian/Russian reality

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ID11264896
AutoresDavid D Laitin (0000-0002-7911-7089, Stanford University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2003
Volumen34
Número2
Páginas197-222
Fecha de publicación2003-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Baltic Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0162-9778 • E-ISSN: 1751-7877
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01629770300000041
OpenAlexW2046310853
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas3

This paper provides a framework for evaluation of Estonia's integration program that the government approved in 2000. It differentiates three “integration” processes that the literature has identified: (1) integration in which Russians and Estonians meld into a common new culture, though predominantly Estonian; (2) assimilation of Russians into Estonian culture; and (3) integration into a common external framework as part of an expanded EU. Relying upon a review of the Estonian and Russian-language press since 2000 and a new survey of 9th year students and their parents conducted in 2002, the paper offers a fourth model of integration in which two integration processes — Russians integrating into Estonian society and both Russians and Estonians integrating into an English-speaking Europe — are taking place simultaneously. Furthermore, the data show that the Estonian government program is reinforcing rather than altering these integration processes

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