Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Editors' introduction: the scope of the research -- Note and acknowledgement -- PART I Defining and measuring citizenship in post-Soviet times -- 1 Understanding post- Soviet transitions as contexts for the development of active citizens -- 2 Assessing citizenship behaviours - constructs and research tool validation -- 3 Young Europeans citizenship activity - research questions, method and general results -- PART II Active citizenship in post-Soviet Union states (Baltic) based on current social, political and economic context -- 4 Young people citizenship activity in post-Soviet states - comparison across countries -- 5 Latvia: youth at crossroads, faced with a choice -- 6 Lithuania: between commitments and expectations: is it an eternal tension between generations or a contemporary phenomenon? -- 7 Estonia: citizenship behaviour among today's youth -- PART III Active citizenship in post-Soviet satellites' states (central European) based on current social, political and economic context -- 8 Young people citizenship activity in post-Soviet satellites' states - comparison across countries -- 9 Poland: new opportunities, disillusioned youth -- 10 Hungary: participation crisis, disappointed youths -- 11 Slovakia: the double-edged potential of adolescents for active civic participation -- PART IV Active citizenship in post-Soviet independent European countries based on current social, political and economic context -- 12 Young people citizenship activity in post-Soviet independent states - comparison across countries -- 13 Slovenia: optimistic about personal future, politically disillusioned -- 14 Finland: young people citizenship activity -- 15 Greece: Greek citizenship education models and profiles in times of economic and social crisis