Eastern Europe - The Outsiders -
Youth culture in post-Soviet Eastern Europe
Ten years after the fall of the Soviet Union, the collapse of communist authoritarian rule brought greater freedom of choice and opportunity for all. But it also created a climate of growing uncertainty, especially for the 65 million young people in the region.
Under Soviet rule, young people in Central and Eastern Europe were drilled into the ideology of communism - indoctrinated with its sense of purpose, structure, and belonging. As the traditionally well-trodden road from childhood to adulthood was increasingly been swept away following the collapse of the Soviet Union, many young people in Eastern Europe soon became "outsiders" with an indeterminate future.
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