The paper presents a comparative analysis of the recent developments in the civil societies
in six Central and East European (CEE) countries: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary …

Estonia is often considered a post-Soviet success story in terms of civil society development
and its advanced institutional infrastructure for promoting civic engagement in policymaking …

K. Kollom: Estonian nongovernmental organisations in alcohol policy planning Unlike other
Northern European countries, Estonian non-governmental organisations have, until now …

The European approach to immigration is traditionally characterized by a sort of
“schizophrenia”, generated by the attempt to keep together two contradictory philosophies …

Throughout history the mainly Estonian-speaking region in which the state of Estonia was to
emerge has largely remained on the periphery of Europe. The area has been a buffer zone …