The Nonprofit Sector in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia: Civil Society Advances and Challenges (Brill's Nonprofit Sector Research Series, 1)

Book info: The Nonprofit Sector in Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia: Civil Society Advances and Challenges (Brill's Nonprofit Sector Research Series, 1) (Hardcover, 372 pages) – Brill, 2018. Language: English.

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. Editorial Reviews About the Author 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.