The authors state that the palette of political styles incited by core values in Estonian politics is variegated and does not stand in the way of further development.<\/p>\n
The authors feel there are two primary reasons that the quality of policy-making suffers. These are the post-communist history and the low level of institutionalization. For example, secularism, low power distance and the national ethos as the core values of Estonian political culture should allow the entire political environment to be targeted much more to a long-term approach. Unfortunately such typical qualities of post-communist policy \u2013 such as a political party landscape that is not completely institutionalized, relations between political groupings that are emphatically of the \u201cmajority-rules\u201d nature, and products of low institutionalization such as zero-sum games and the central government\u2019s low capacity for coordination \u2013 prevent Estonia from fully realizing values characteristic of the Nordic political sphere. Ultimately the development of civic culture proves crucial. How do people see their roles as citizens and how actively are they prepared to take part in public life \u2013 this largely determines the possibilities for shaping policy.<\/p>\n