Are world views once formed during childhood and adolescence stable over life or do they change when they come under pressure from new institutional contexts? This book seeks the answer by revisiting an aged political generation growing up in historically unique interwar Estonia but living their adult lives in exile.

Autorentext
LI BENNICH-BJÖRKMAN holds a professorship in political science at Uppsala University, Sweden.

Inhalt
Socialized Culture and Institutional Change: Introducing the Discussion The Context of Early Socialization: Estonia between the Two Wars Multicultural Canada and the Welfare State Sweden: Home to Estonians in Exile Did Civic Commitment Survive Communism? Political Culture under Institutional Pressure