Negotiating Normative Expectations, Problematic Sustainability and Disempowerment: the conflicting realities of participation practices in the Estonian civil society

Abstract: Participation is a right held by all community members to engage in decision-making processes. The negotiation power of individuals and interest groups expressed through participatory practices is especially valuable in a young democracy with a short history of civil society and community initiative. Researching participation opens new perspectives into local agency and helps to identify various powers and ideologies in action. Estonian civil society has made notable progress since the country regained its independence, but participatory practices have neither improved in quality nor increased in volume. Furthermore, previous research indicates a discrepancy between normative expectations and empirical reality. This paper draws on a comparative study from 2016 and examines the differences between the Estonian non-profit and the public sectors’ experiences and expectations regarding participation practices. The qualitative content analysis method was employed on the interviews condu

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed) ; In: Studies of Transition States and Societies ; 12 (2020) 2 ; 62-76

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Politik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2020
• Creator: Kitsnik, Joanna

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-71479-9
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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