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The democratic potential of the Estonian society can be assessed through the younger generation – what the patterns of their participation, their attitudes towards social-political topics and their barriers to being active citizens are.
* Peer-reviewed article.
In order to ensure the sustainability of the European social model it is important that an increasingly larger part of the working-age population, especially women with caring responsibilities, participated in the labour market and that they did so for a longer period than before.
Researchers have stated that Estonia lacks a definite family policy vision and resources which would enable the state to create a coherent and supporting family policy.
The authors state that, unlike the high parental benefit, child benefits paid to families in Estonia are very low.
People in power have always liked to exchange ideas with sociologists. Already in ancient Greece, philosophers debated on the subject of the ideal organisation of society and policy. In today's developed industrial countries, it is hard to imagine the policy-making process without the active involvement of social scientists, research institutes, universities and private companies.
