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This book draws a sociological portrait of the age group born in the 1970s in Estonia and discusses its generational features and constructions. This cohort’s coming of age coincided with the social and emotional turmoil of the re-independence movement in the late 1980s and with the transformation of society in the 1990s. This was the first cohort to negotiate its transition to adulthood in the new society, starting some new patterns of socialization, while also sharing some practices and experiences with older cohorts. Based on qualitative interviews as well as an analysis of media discourses and statistical data, the book traces the emergence of a new generation that draws its very own lessons from the past and from the social transformations that influenced life courses and careers. The book provides an intriguing discussion of socialization patterns and generation formation against the backdrop of post-socialist transformation. In addition, it provides a fascinating insight into the mind-set and experiences of a generation in the making, already shaping today’s society and culture.

Intergenerational relationships --- Age groups --- Social mobility --- Social interaction --- c 1970 to c 1980 --- Estonia --- generations, intergenerational relationships, age groups, social mobility, social interaction, Estonia

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This book draws a sociological portrait of the age group born in the 1970s in Estonia and discusses its generational features and constructions. This cohort’s coming of age coincided with the social and emotional turmoil of the re-independence movement in the late 1980s and with the transformation of society in the 1990s. This was the first cohort to negotiate its transition to adulthood in the new society, starting some new patterns of socialization, while also sharing some practices and experiences with older cohorts. Based on qualitative interviews as well as an analysis of media discourses and statistical data, the book traces the emergence of a new generation that draws its very own lessons from the past and from the social transformations that influenced life courses and careers. The book provides an intriguing discussion of socialization patterns and generation formation against the backdrop of post-socialist transformation. In addition, it provides a fascinating insight into the mind-set and experiences of a generation in the making, already shaping today’s society and culture.

generations, intergenerational relationships, age groups, social mobility, social interaction, Estonia

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This book provides the international reader with the first study of different generations and intergenerational relations in Estonia. The chapters highlight generational patterns in the 20th and 21st centuries, with the volume as a whole taking an interdisciplinary approach. Sharing the idea that generations are dynamic, that their borders are blurred and change over time, and that their construction is interdependent, the authors have each chosen a specific perspective on and framework for generations. Several studies take an interest in how and by whom generations are constructed, and how generational identity has been perceived and reshaped over time. Others use generation as a concept or an analytical tool with which to investigate different social processes, or as a community of experience and carrier of memory. The volume suggests novel and diverse approaches to the definition of generation and the formation of generational consciousness, as well as to generational theory.

Intergenerational relations --- Generations --- Estonia --- Social conditions --- Age groups --- Intergenerational relationships --- Relations, Intergenerational --- Relationships, Intergenerational --- Interpersonal relations --- Ėstonskai︠a︡ SSR --- Ėstonskai︠a︡ S.S.R. --- Estonskaya Sovetskaya Sot︠s︡ialisticheskaya Respublika --- Ėstonskai︠a︡ Sovetskaia Sot︠s︡ialisticheskaia Respublika --- Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic --- Estonskaya SSR --- Estonskaya S.S.R. --- Estonian SSR --- Estonian S.S.R. --- Eesti Nõukogude Sotsialistik Vabariik --- ENSV --- E.N.S.V. --- Eesti --- Ėstonii︠a︡ --- Eesti Vabariik --- Esthonia --- Estland --- Eesti NSV --- Republic of Estonia --- Ehstland --- Esthland --- R.P.S.S. Estonia --- RPSS Estonia --- Estonija --- Ostland --- Ėstli︠a︡ndskai︠a︡ gubernīi︠a︡ (Russia) --- Viro --- Эстония --- transition --- values --- memory --- generations --- generational identity --- generational patterns --- cohorts --- intergenerational relations --- Estonian language --- Estonians --- Soviet Union