Obstacles to Integration: How Access to Education and Employment Affects the Level of Integration of the Ethnic Russian Minority into Estonian Society. A Geographical Comparison of Ida-Viru County, Tallinn and Tartu.

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Scandol, Claudia (2016)

Obstacles to Integration: How Access to Education and Employment Affects the Level of Integration of the Ethnic Russian Minority into Estonian Society. A Geographical Comparison of Ida-Viru County, Tallinn and Tartu.

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, tensions between Estonians and ethnic Russians in Estonia have exacerbated due to the controversial language policy. Having Estonian as the only official language is proven to be discriminatory towards Russians with low Estonian language skills. This manifests itself in employment and education outcomes that are vital for members of ethnic minorities to avoid being marginalised by society. This paper discusses the likeliehood of each of the pathways of segmented assimilation theory (upward, downward and upward mobility combined with biculturalism) occuring within different regions of Estonia.