Nonprofit Sector in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia

David Horton Smith, Ph.D. (Harvard, 1965) is Research and Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Boston College, USA. Founder/first President (1971–73), Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action/ARNOVA (www.arnova.org) and SSCI journal, NVSQ. Marquis Who’s Who Lifetime Achievement Award (2018).Alisa Moldavanova, Ph.D. (University of Kansas, 2013) is an Assistant Professor of Public Administration in the Political Science Department at Wayne State University. Her research areas include public and nonprofit management, inter-organizational collaboration, comparative civil society, and ethics and sustainability studies.Svitlana Krasynska, Ph.D. (University of San Diego, 2018) is Vice President and Co-Founder of Volya Institute for Contemporary Law and Society. Her research focuses on civil society in Eastern Europe, informal civic engagement, transnational activism on social media, and social enterprise.

• Preface, David Horton Smith, Alisa V. Moldavanova, and Svitlana KrasynskaForeword, Susan Rose-AckermanList of FiguresList of TablesEditors’ Biographies1. Overview of the Nonprofit Sector in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia, David Horton Smith, Alisa V. Moldavanova, and Svitlana KrasynskaPart 1 Nonprofit Organizations: Nonprofit Agencies and Voluntary Associations2. (De)Structuring of Civil Society: The Political Process in Ukraine and Belarus, Yulia Bidenko3. What Do We Choose: Freedom to Associate or Freedom to Remain Apart? Lithuania, Rūta Žiliukaitė4. Civil Society in Moldova: An Overview of the Current State and Future Prospects, Bogdan Țîrdea and Viktor Chobanu5. Russian Professional and Business Associations: Sleeping Beauties, Guardians of Stability, or Facilitators of Societal Development?, Ekaterina Ivanova6. Bridging Business and Nonprofit Organization Interests via a Culture of Social Responsibility: The Case of Georgia, Shorena Sadzaglishvili and Mariam KartvelishviliPart 2Government–Nonprofit Relations: Legal and Institutional Frameworks7. The Participation of Social Partners and Nongovernmental Organizations in Development Planning: The Case of Latvia, Evija Kļave8. Estonian ngo s at the Crossroads of Professionalization and Grassroots Activism, Mikko Lagerspetz9. Civil Society and the Power Elites after the Euromaidan in Ukraine: Competition, Cooperation, and Fusion, Mikhail Minakov10. The Role of Kyrgyzstan’s Nonprofit Sector in Policymaking: Between Contentious and Formal Engagement, Medet Tiulegenov11. Civic Movement in Armenia in the Context of New Global Challenges: Prospects and Obstacles for the Consolidation of NGOs, Vladimir OsipovPart 3Informal Civil Society and Volunteering12. The Power of Lithuanian Civil Society and Its Boundaries, Dainius Genys13. The Potential of Waqfs in Poverty Alleviation in Azerbaijan, Fuad Aliyev14. The Mediating Role of the Aksakal Institution in Local Conflicts in Kyrgyzstan, Azamat Temirkulov15. Management of Volunteers in Russia: Explaining the Youth Motivation, Tamara Nezhina, Kseniya Petukhova, Natalia Chechetkina, and Ilziya Mindarova16. Lessons Learned and Larger Intellectual Contexts, David Horton Smith, Alisa V. Moldavanova, and Svitlana KrasynskaName IndexSubject Index