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Living together in culturally plural societies poses numerous challenges for members of ethnocultural groups and for the larger society. An important goal of these societies is to achieve positive intercultural relations among all their peoples. Successful management of these relations depends on many factors including a research-based understanding of the historical, political, economic, religious and psychological features of the groups that are in contact. The core question is ‘how we shall we all live together?’ In the project reported in this paper (Mutual Intercultural Relations in Plural Societies; MIRIPS), we seek to provide such research by reviewing three core psychological hypotheses of intercultural relations (multiculturalism, contact and integration) in 21 culturally plural societies. The main goal of the project is to evaluate these hypotheses across societies within the MIRIPS project in order to identify if there are some basic psychological principles that underlie intercultural relations panculturally. If there are, the eventual goal is to employ the findings to propose some policies and programmes that may improve the quality of intercultural relationship globally. An internal meta-analysis using the MIRIPS project data showed that the empirical findings from these societies generally support the validity of the three hypotheses. Implications for the development of policies and programmes to enhance the quality of intercultural relations are discussed.

Based on the inter-cultural relations model of John Berry, four different groups among Russian-speakers in Estonia were differentiated in the analysis of ‘Integration monitoring 2005’. The analysis reveals that both similarities and differences exist between the characteristics of these four groups and the groups in the typology of Berry (integration, assimilation, marginalisation, separation). The differences that emerged are related to the assimilation and integration strategies, which proved to be rather restrained for Russian-speakers in the current social and political context in Estonia. The analysis gives us ground to claim that the strong ethnic connotation of the current nation-state model in Estonia hinders finding a positive place in this country even for those Russian-speakers, who, in fact, would like to integrate., Studies of Transition States and Societies, Vol 1, No 1 (2009)

17…27-aastaste Eesti noorte eluorientatsioonide, töö- ja õpingukavatsuste ning motivatsiooni uuringu tulemused., Uuringu “Eesti noored teel Euroopa Liitu” eesmärgiks oli selgitada, millised on Eesti noored vabariigi Euroopa Liitu astumise künnisel, kuivõrd on nad oma eluga rahul, mida nad eelistavad ja millest on motiveeritud õppimises, töös ja elukoha valikul, millised on noorte kavad seoses õppima või tööle asumisega Euroopa Liidu riikides (sh Soomes), mil määral on noored informeeritud Euroopa Liidus kehtivatest tingimustest ja millised hoiakud on neil Euroopa Liidu suhtes, milline on noorte suhtumine poliitikasse ja aktuaalsetesse probleemidesse ühiskonnaelus ja kuivõrd on noored kokku puutunud uimastitega.

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