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Constructing adulthood in a world of uncertaintiesSome cases of post-Communist EstoniaRaili Nugin currently works as a researcher at Tallinn University, Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies. Her main research area is youth as a concept, and its change during the last decade in Estonia. She is currently doing her PhD in Sociology at Tallinn University. She has completed her MA in history at the Central European University, in Budapest (2001). She is currently also a Member of Board in European Sociology Association, Youth and Generation Research Network. Address: Center of Contemporary Cultural Studies, Department of Sociology, Tallinn University, Uus-Sadama 5, Tallinn 10120, Estonia. [email: raili.nugin{at}tlu.ee] Rapid changes in the society have surrounded the lives of young people with uncertainties, resulting in the construction of flexible identities. Since traditional values are undergoing a process of change as well, crucial age concepts have become obscure, and have come to depend on a given context. However, in a transitional society, like post-Communist Estonia, these uncertainties are constantly changing and different age cohorts face different uncertainties, and are thus forced to develop different ways of coping with them. This article studies two age cohorts — one born in 1972–74 and the other in 1985–86 — and describes the way these people view uncertainties and cope with them. It is argued that this dealing with uncertainties may also influence generational identity as a whole.
Key Words: construction of youth • Estonia • generation • post-Communist development • uncertainties
Young, Vol. 16, No. 2,
185-207 (2008) |
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