Anu Toots
Biographic Data
| ID | 4154517 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Anu Toots |
| GIVEN NAMES | Anu |
| FAMILY NAME | Toots |
| SIGNATURE | TOOTS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tallinn University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2247-3074 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Integrated social and health care to support women after childbirth: A qualitative network analysis based on Estonia
Given the critical importance of collaboration between healthcare and social care professionals in postpartum care, this study explored how their daily tasks facilitate or hinder integrated care during the first six weeks after childbirth. Using qualitative network analysis, the study included healthcare professionals (midwives, family doctors, and family nurses) and child protection workers from Estonia. Interviews and concentric circle mapping …
Policy mixes and youth vulnerability in Europe: A qualitative comparative analysis of the Neet rate
This article examines the capability of various welfare states to mitigate youth vulnerability, operationalized as a low NEET rate. It aims to complement existing empirical knowledge with a novel set of indicators and Europe-wide configurational comparison of youth welfare regimes. A QCA-based analysis of 26 European countries revealed two routes with different sets of compensatory and social investment policies that lead to the effective mitigat…
Coping with maternity care in rural areas: A holistic approach using Bourdieusian concepts of capital and fields
Efficiency-oriented healthcare reforms have led to the closure of obstetric units in several European countries, particularly affecting rural areas that are experiencing depopulation and a decreased birthrate. Using Bourdieu's field theory, this qualitative study aimed to explore how women's economic, cultural, and social capital affects their coping at different stages of maternity. The study was based on 20 semi-structured interviews with women…
Locating Central and Eastern European emerging welfare regimes: Is the youth welfare citizenship typology useful
Purpose The authors’ aim is to establish the variance of youth welfare citizenship regimes in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and to revisit the applicability of the regime approach to the emerging welfare regimes (EWRs). Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis follows the descriptive case study strategy aiming to discover diversity of youth welfare citizenship patterns. The case selection is made within the CEE country group, which i…
Varieties of Social Investment Policies on Two Sides of the Baltic Sea: Explaining Routes to Endurance
By 2016, European countries have more or less recovered from the 2008 recession. However, the strategies for coping with the crisis have varied, and one of the main concerns is to which extent the social investment paradigm has survived. In this article, we first map the dynamics of social investment expenditures in 2004–12 in six low‐ and high‐spending welfare states in the Baltic Sea region – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Denmark and Swe…
Futures of European welfare models and policies: Seeking actual research questions, and new problem-solving arsenal for European welfare states
The key research question is to discuss and elaborate the potential value added that futures studies could provide for European citizens and political, social and economic institutions. In the article the problems of European welfare policy issues are theoretically described and analysed. In the article broader framework to understand key policy issues of European welfare policy challenges are defined. A general analysis and generic model for Eur…
Institutional and contextual factors of quality in civic and citizenship education: Exploring possibilities of qualitative comparative analysis
This article analyses quality assurance (QA) policies of 30 countries in civic and citizenship education (CCE) by using fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The main aim is to find combinations of institutional and contextual factors that are systematically associated with a high achievement in citizenship education. Based on fsQCA, the assumption is that several pathways to a successful education may exist. Theoretically, two mode…
Does the Context Matter? Attitudes Towards Cosmopolitanism Among Russian-Speaking Students in Estonia, Latvia and the Russian Federation
The increase of multiculturalism in European societies poses challenges to citizenship education, which, in formal education, relies on national values and neglects the emergence of cosmopolitanism. This article compares the patriotic and cosmopolitan values of Russian-speaking students in Estonia, Latvia and the Russian Federation using the data of two large surveys. The analysis revealed that Russian-speaking adolescents in Estonia and Latvia d…
Explaining Internet service quality in social security agencies using institutional theory
This paper tries to apply institutional theory to the analysis of Internet-based social security services. I argue that institutional features of service providers matter significantly in the quality of websites. Diverse quality of websites in turn, is a crucial factor in explaining what causes different take-up rates of e-services. The article tests the relevance of empirical and normative accounts of institutional theory to explanation of the q…
Does the Context Matter? Attitudes Towards Cosmopolitanism Among Russian-Speaking Students in Estonia, Latvia and the Russian Federation
The increase of multiculturalism in European societies poses challenges to citizenship education, which, in formal education, relies on national values and neglects the emergence of cosmopolitanism. This article compares the patriotic and cosmopolitan values of Russian-speaking students in Estonia, Latvia and the Russian Federation using the data of two large surveys. The analysis revealed that Russian-speaking adolescents in Estonia and Latvia d…
Policy mixes and youth vulnerability in Europe: A qualitative comparative analysis of the Neet rate
This article examines the capability of various welfare states to mitigate youth vulnerability, operationalized as a low NEET rate. It aims to complement existing empirical knowledge with a novel set of indicators and Europe-wide configurational comparison of youth welfare regimes. A QCA-based analysis of 26 European countries revealed two routes with different sets of compensatory and social investment policies that lead to the effective mitigat…
Institutional and contextual factors of quality in civic and citizenship education: Exploring possibilities of qualitative comparative analysis
This article analyses quality assurance (QA) policies of 30 countries in civic and citizenship education (CCE) by using fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The main aim is to find combinations of institutional and contextual factors that are systematically associated with a high achievement in citizenship education. Based on fsQCA, the assumption is that several pathways to a successful education may exist. Theoretically, two mode…
Locating Central and Eastern European emerging welfare regimes: Is the youth welfare citizenship typology useful
Purpose The authors’ aim is to establish the variance of youth welfare citizenship regimes in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and to revisit the applicability of the regime approach to the emerging welfare regimes (EWRs). Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis follows the descriptive case study strategy aiming to discover diversity of youth welfare citizenship patterns. The case selection is made within the CEE country group, which i…
Varieties of Social Investment Policies on Two Sides of the Baltic Sea: Explaining Routes to Endurance
By 2016, European countries have more or less recovered from the 2008 recession. However, the strategies for coping with the crisis have varied, and one of the main concerns is to which extent the social investment paradigm has survived. In this article, we first map the dynamics of social investment expenditures in 2004–12 in six low‐ and high‐spending welfare states in the Baltic Sea region – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Denmark and Swe…
Futures of European welfare models and policies: Seeking actual research questions, and new problem-solving arsenal for European welfare states
The key research question is to discuss and elaborate the potential value added that futures studies could provide for European citizens and political, social and economic institutions. In the article the problems of European welfare policy issues are theoretically described and analysed. In the article broader framework to understand key policy issues of European welfare policy challenges are defined. A general analysis and generic model for Eur…
Explaining Internet service quality in social security agencies using institutional theory
This paper tries to apply institutional theory to the analysis of Internet-based social security services. I argue that institutional features of service providers matter significantly in the quality of websites. Diverse quality of websites in turn, is a crucial factor in explaining what causes different take-up rates of e-services. The article tests the relevance of empirical and normative accounts of institutional theory to explanation of the q…
Explaining Internet service quality in social security agencies using institutional theory
This paper tries to apply institutional theory to the analysis of Internet-based social security services. I argue that institutional features of service providers matter significantly in the quality of websites. Diverse quality of websites in turn, is a crucial factor in explaining what causes different take-up rates of e-services. The article tests the relevance of empirical and normative accounts of institutional theory to explanation of the q…
Does the Context Matter? Attitudes Towards Cosmopolitanism Among Russian-Speaking Students in Estonia, Latvia and the Russian Federation
The increase of multiculturalism in European societies poses challenges to citizenship education, which, in formal education, relies on national values and neglects the emergence of cosmopolitanism. This article compares the patriotic and cosmopolitan values of Russian-speaking students in Estonia, Latvia and the Russian Federation using the data of two large surveys. The analysis revealed that Russian-speaking adolescents in Estonia and Latvia d…
Institutional and contextual factors of quality in civic and citizenship education: Exploring possibilities of qualitative comparative analysis
This article analyses quality assurance (QA) policies of 30 countries in civic and citizenship education (CCE) by using fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The main aim is to find combinations of institutional and contextual factors that are systematically associated with a high achievement in citizenship education. Based on fsQCA, the assumption is that several pathways to a successful education may exist. Theoretically, two mode…
Futures of European welfare models and policies: Seeking actual research questions, and new problem-solving arsenal for European welfare states
The key research question is to discuss and elaborate the potential value added that futures studies could provide for European citizens and political, social and economic institutions. In the article the problems of European welfare policy issues are theoretically described and analysed. In the article broader framework to understand key policy issues of European welfare policy challenges are defined. A general analysis and generic model for Eur…
Varieties of Social Investment Policies on Two Sides of the Baltic Sea: Explaining Routes to Endurance
By 2016, European countries have more or less recovered from the 2008 recession. However, the strategies for coping with the crisis have varied, and one of the main concerns is to which extent the social investment paradigm has survived. In this article, we first map the dynamics of social investment expenditures in 2004–12 in six low‐ and high‐spending welfare states in the Baltic Sea region – Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Denmark and Swe…
Locating Central and Eastern European emerging welfare regimes: Is the youth welfare citizenship typology useful
Purpose The authors’ aim is to establish the variance of youth welfare citizenship regimes in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and to revisit the applicability of the regime approach to the emerging welfare regimes (EWRs). Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis follows the descriptive case study strategy aiming to discover diversity of youth welfare citizenship patterns. The case selection is made within the CEE country group, which i…
Integrated social and health care to support women after childbirth: A qualitative network analysis based on Estonia
Given the critical importance of collaboration between healthcare and social care professionals in postpartum care, this study explored how their daily tasks facilitate or hinder integrated care during the first six weeks after childbirth. Using qualitative network analysis, the study included healthcare professionals (midwives, family doctors, and family nurses) and child protection workers from Estonia. Interviews and concentric circle mapping …
Policy mixes and youth vulnerability in Europe: A qualitative comparative analysis of the Neet rate
This article examines the capability of various welfare states to mitigate youth vulnerability, operationalized as a low NEET rate. It aims to complement existing empirical knowledge with a novel set of indicators and Europe-wide configurational comparison of youth welfare regimes. A QCA-based analysis of 26 European countries revealed two routes with different sets of compensatory and social investment policies that lead to the effective mitigat…
Coping with maternity care in rural areas: A holistic approach using Bourdieusian concepts of capital and fields
Efficiency-oriented healthcare reforms have led to the closure of obstetric units in several European countries, particularly affecting rural areas that are experiencing depopulation and a decreased birthrate. Using Bourdieu's field theory, this qualitative study aimed to explore how women's economic, cultural, and social capital affects their coping at different stages of maternity. The study was based on 20 semi-structured interviews with women…
Political science (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Welfare (4 works) · Citizenship (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Law (3 works)