Overview of the Nonprofit Sector in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia / David Horton Smith , Alisa V. Moldavanova and Svitlana Krasynska -- Nonprofit Organizations: Nonprofit Agencies and Voluntary Associations -- (De)Structuring of Civil Society / Yulia Bidenko -- What Do We Choose / Rūta Žiliukaitė -- Civil Society in Moldova / Bogdan Țîrdea and Viktor Chobanu -- Russian Professional and Business Associations / Ekaterina Ivanova -- Bridging Business and Nonprofit Organization Interests via a Culture of Social Responsibility / Shorena Sadzaglishvili and Mariam Kartvelishvili -- Government–Nonprofit Relations: Legal and Institutional Frameworks -- The Participation of Social Partners and Nongovernmental Organizations in Development Planning / Evija Kļave -- Estonian nGos at the Crossroads of Professionalization and Grassroots Activism / Mikko Lagerspetz -- Civil Society and the Power Elites after the Euromaidan in Ukraine / Mikhail Minakov -- The Role of Kyrgyzstan’s Nonprofit Sector in Policymaking / Medet Tiulegenov -- Civic Movement in Armenia in the Context of New Global Challenges / Vladimir Osipov -- Informal Civil Society and Volunteering -- The Power of Lithuanian Civil Society and Its Boundaries / Dainius Genys -- The Potential of Waqfs in Poverty Alleviation in Azerbaijan / Fuad Aliyev -- The Mediating Role of the Aksakal Institution in Local Conflicts in Kyrgyzstan / Azamat Temirkulov -- Management of Volunteers in Russia / Tamara Nezhina , Kseniya Petukhova , Natalia Chechetkina and Ilziya Mindarova -- Lessons Learned and Larger Intellectual Contexts / David Horton Smith , Alisa V. Moldavanova and Svitlana Krasynska.

The Nonprofit Sector in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia (EERCA) , edited by David Horton Smith, Alisa V. Moldavanova, and Svitlana Krasynska, uniquely provides a research overview of the nonprofit sector and nonprofit organizations in eleven former Soviet republics, with each central chapter written by local experts. Such chapters, with our editorial introductions, present up-to-date versions of works previously published in EERCA native languages. With a Foreword by Susan Rose-Ackerman (Yale University), introductory and concluding chapters also explain the editors’ theoretical approach, setting the whole volume in several, relevant, larger intellectual contexts, and summarize briefly the gist of the book. The many post-Soviet countries show much variety in their current situation, ranging from democratic to totalitarian regimes.