{"product_id":"estonias-transition-to-the-eu-marju-lauristin-9781138968981","title":"Estonia's Transition to the EU: Twenty Years on","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo decades on from the start of the 'Singing Revolution', and five years on from the Baltic States' entry to the European Union, the time is ripe to take stock of Estonia's remarkable transition from Soviet Republic to EU member state and address the challenges - some new, some ongoing - and uncertainties that have arisen following the country's entry to the EU.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book locates the post-accession period within the broader sweep of post-communist transition and diagnoses the problems facing Estonia as the global economic downturn takes hold and a new mood of pessimism reigns in Central and Eastern Europe. Until recently, Estonia enjoyed an international reputation as an emerging high-growth 'tiger economy' and reform pioneer, not least in the sphere of IT. This economic success story, however, masked the continued problematic political and social legacies of the Soviet period, including the issue of ethnic integration, which again hit the headlines following riots in Tallinn in April 2007.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fully up-to-date appraisal - the first in English - covers all of the key issues, and will appeal to specialists in Baltic and Central and Eastern European politics and society, as well as to anyone with an interest in European integration more generally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was published as a special issue of the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Baltic Studies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marju Lauristin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138968986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138968981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Marju Lauristin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48438158262527,"sku":"9781138968981","price":48.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e36e44ce-61eb-4591-9748-ffe8ecc26c2a.jpg?v=1777169208","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/estonias-transition-to-the-eu-marju-lauristin-9781138968981","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}