Challenging Citizens: Democratic Innovations at the Local Level The Case Study of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland

The book aims to complement the existing research on democratic innovations mainly by making unique comparative analyses of the democratic innovations at the local level in selected European post-communist countries, i.e. the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia. Democratic innovations can help overc...

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Main Authors: Šaradín, Pavel, Hurtíková, Hana (Author), Soukop, Michal (Author), Zapletalová, Markéta (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2023, 2023
Edition:1st ed. 2023
Series:Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Democratic Innovations
  • 3. Reforms and Political Participation
  • 4. Democratic innovations in three countries- 5. Program Local Agenda 21 and Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic association: Testing the causality between HCCZ membership and implementation of selected democratic innovation (GIS)
  • 6. Political and economic characteristics of municipalities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: Role of municipal dynamics and support resources in implementation of democratic innovations
  • 7. Innovative and Interactive Political Communication at the Local Level? Experience from the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia
  • 8. Participatory budgeting in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland
  • 9. Participatory Budgets in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia: Experience from Three Towns. 10. Conclusion