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Culture and the Development of Civil Society

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Aili Aarelaid-Tart  and
Indrek Tart
Aili Aarelaid-Tart
Affiliation:
Institute of International and Social Studies, Estonian Academy of Sciences
Indrek Tart
Affiliation:
Tallinn Pedagogical University
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Extract

Every nation has its own history and its own way to create civic culture. The problem of civil society in Estonia is rather specific being first and foremost related to the nation's cultural development and only then with its political development. The restoration of civil society in Estonia from 1987 to 1988 is based on our own historical experience of civil initiative rather than the example of the other post-Communist countries of Eastern Europe.

Type
Part I: Estonia's Path to Identity and Independence
Information
Nationalities Papers , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , March 1995 , pp. 153 - 165
Copyright
Copyright © 1995 Association for the Study of Nationalities of Eastern Europe and ex-USSR 

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Notes

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