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Acknowledgements
The research was supported by grants from the Estonian Ministry of Education and Science (0180017s07) and the Estonian Science Foundation (6526).
Notes
Notes
1. We shall return to problems of inter-ethnic integration later on in this essay. These problems are in the focus of three other essays published in the current volume (Ehala Citation2009; Korts Citation2009; Vihalemm & Kalmus Citation2009).
2. The ‘Tiger Leap’ program has been a priority for all governments since 1997, and has brought Estonia into the group of the leading ICT countries in Europe. A detailed elaboration of the development of information society in Estonia is provided in the essay of Pille Runnel, Pille Pruulmann-Vengerfeldt and Kristina Reinsalu, published in the current volume.
3. See the essay in the current volume by Veronika Kalmus, Margit Keller and Maie Kiisel on the rising consumer culture and environmentalism in Estonia.
4. See the other essays in the current volume where Triin Vihalemm and Veronika Kalmus focus on the differences in value structures (Vihalemm & Kalmus Citation2009), Külliki Korts elaborates on the issue of contacts and tolerance (Korts Citation2009), and Martin Ehala explores the political crisis related to the replacement of a Soviet military monument in the context of Estonian and Russian identity changes (Ehala Citation2009).
5. Integration Strategy 2008–2013, available at: www.rahvastikuminister.ee/?id=11104, accessed 20 April 2008.
6. Details illuminating spread of consumerist attitudes in Estonia are presented in the essay by Veronika Kalmus, Margit Keller and Maie Kiisel in the current volume (Kalmus et al. Citation2009).