Chapter Introduction

This book focuses on social transformations as one of the central topics in the social sciences. The study of European social transformations is very valuable in the context of universal discussions within social sciences: explaining invariable, universal attributes of societies and examining changing attributes. The book consists of 20 chapters on European social transformations, written from the perspectives of distinguished scholars from such disciplines as economics, political science, educational science, geography, media and communication studies, public management and administration, social psychology and sociology. The temporal and spatial range of the book is wide, including such global changes as time-space compression, focusing particularly on change processes in Europe during the last two decades. The book consists of four main parts, beginning with an overview of the theoretical and methodological approaches, and then focusing separately on post-communist transformations, institutional drivers of social transformations in the European Union, and European transformations in the context of global processes. The book presents current theoretical, empirical and methodological approaches that complement the scientific literature on social transformations. This book is both an invaluable resource for scholars and an indispensable teaching tool for use in the classroom and will be of interest to students, academics, and policy-makers studying how this diverse region has changed over recent years

Kooli innovatsiooni mudelid maakoolide näitel (haridusinnovatsioon Eestis) (KIMA)

Eduko analüüsigrandi toetusel läbi viidud analüüs ""Kooli innovatsiooni mudelid maakoolide näitel"" toimus 01.09.2010 kuni 31.01.2011 nelja Lõuna-Eesti maakonna koolide baasil. Analüüsi eesmärgiks oli: 1) selgitada maapiirkonna koolide näitel, millised on kooli organisatsiooni sisemised ja väliskeskonna tegurid uuenduste algatamisel ja elluviimisel; 2) millised on koolis muutusi soodustavad ja takistavad tegurid; 3) kirjeldada süsteemselt innovatsioonijuhtumeid kahest maapiirkonna koolist

Tartu Ülikooli Raamatukogu seminar

• Raamatukogu avalikkussuhted / Marju Lauristin • Suhtekorraldus raamatukogus: vajadus ja võimalused / Aira Lepik • Mida peaks arvestama meediaga suheldes Eestis? / Andres Toode • Teabekorraldus on suhtekorralduse tugisammas / Eeva Kumberg • Viis aastat suhtekorraldust Rahvusraamatukogus / Triin Soone • Lugeja hinnangud ja ootused — meie taotlused ja tegemised (lugeja- ja ekspertküsitluse analüüs) / Ilona Smuškina • Näitused raamatukogus — missugused ja kelle jaoks? / Tiina Matsulevitš • Avalikkussuhete dominandid ja ääremaad / Urve Tõnno

Between Security and Mobility: Negotiating a Hardening Border Regime in the Russian-Estonian Borderland

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies on 27th Feb 2015, available online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2015.1015408Since the end of the Cold War order post-Soviet borders have been characterised by geopolitical tensions and divergent imaginations of desirable political and spatial orders. Drawing upon ethnographic research in two border towns at the Russian-Estonian border, the article makes a case for a grounded examination of these border dynamics that takes into account how borders as sites of ‘mobility and enclosure’ are negotiated in everyday life and shaped by the differentiated incorporations of statecraft into people’s lives. Depending on their historical memories, people interpret the border either as a barrier to previously free movement or as a security device and engage in correspondingly different relations to the state – privileging local concerns for mobility or adopting the state’s concerns over security and sovereignty. Analysing these border negotiations and the relations between citizens and the state, articulated in people’s expectations and claims, can provide us with a better understanding of how people participate in the making of borders and contribute to the stability and malleability of political orders

Reading in changing society

The changing state of reading and its fate in the digitalised world is one of the core issues in the contemporary debates about the future of culture. The central position of the printed word, and primarily, books as the most valuable cultural medium and the main source of knowledge, are becoming questioned in the age of the Internet. Reading as gateway to the world of fantasies has been challenged by powerful audiovisual media. Is the pleasure of reading as a creative process involving imagination and self-cognition disappearing, and being replaced by the quick exchange of impressions and images in social media? Are these critical notes and concerns about the future of reading just rapid generalisations and misunderstandings, evoked by the invasion of new technologies in the old and well-established world of books? The articles gathered here represent empirical studies, theoretical and historical reflections on the changes in the world of books and reading in the Baltic and Nordic countries, as well as descriptions of the new library practices that reflect the creative efforts to adapt to the changing social and technological environment

Reading in changing society

The changing state of reading and its fate in the digitalised world is one of the core issues in the contemporary debates about the future of culture. The central position of the printed word, and primarily, books as the most valuable cultural medium and the main source of knowledge, are becoming questioned in the age of the Internet. Reading as gateway to the world of fantasies has been challenged by powerful audiovisual media. Is the pleasure of reading as a creative process involving imagination and self-cognition disappearing, and being replaced by the quick exchange of impressions and images in social media? Are these critical notes and concerns about the future of reading just rapid generalisations and misunderstandings, evoked by the invasion of new technologies in the old and well-established world of books? The articles gathered here represent empirical studies, theoretical and historical reflections on the changes in the world of books and reading in the Baltic and Nordic countries, as well as descriptions of the new library practices that reflect the creative efforts to adapt to the changing social and technological environment