This chapter reviews the European literature on institutions and policy networks. Institutions
provide actors with opportunities and constraints for negotiation and cooperation and thus …

Coal phase-out is an integral part of the ongoing energy transition to a decarbonized
economy. Any such process involves diverse actors that compete over the nature and pace …

This qualitative study sheds light onto the working structures, make-up, and strengths and
weaknesses of civil society organizations working with Syrian refugees in Turkey. The …

Optimal communication networks allow the knowledge workers to get high job performance.
As knowledge workers are increasingly relying on the online interaction, it is important to …

From the perspective of the political system as a whole, the mobilisation of the populace is
believed to have contributed to the demise of the pre-1989 communist regimes in some East …

In this paper, we examine the changing landscape of migration policy work conducted by
civil society organisations (CSOs) in the Czech Republic. We focus on how funding …

The article links previous debates on the qualities of civil society in CEE countries and its
contemporary challenges with the aim to demonstrate the debate's inner differentiation but …

This article belongs to the special cluster,“Think Tanks in Central and Eastern Europe”,
guest-edited by Katarzyna Jezierska and Serena Giusti. What is the role of think tanks in …

This chapter focuses on the development of environmental activism and protest in East
Central Europe after 1989. The chapter mostly surveys the situation and existing research …

This paper analyses the perceived influence of managerial populism on transactional
advocacy organizations (TAOs) in the Czech Republic and the transformation of their …