Challenging Citizens: Democratic Innovations at the Local Level: The Case Study of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland (Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations) - Hardcover

Šaradín, Pavel; Hurtíková, Hana; Soukop, Michal; Zapletalová, Markéta; Zogata-Kusz, Agnieszka; Ganowicz, Ewa

 
9783031436734: Challenging Citizens: Democratic Innovations at the Local Level: The Case Study of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland (Central and Eastern European Perspectives on International Relations)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3031436733 ISBN 13: 9783031436734
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

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 overcome political apathy, decreased confidence in democracy and improve efficiency of governance. We traditionally consider cities and municipalities to be cradles of democracy and connect them with deliberations on the further development of democratic theory and political practice. We therefore argue that the local level is a suitable arena and laboratory for both changes of institutional settings within the traditional model of representative democracy, and the structural changes, which concern changing relations between local representatives and citizens.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Pavel Šaradín is Associate professor in the Department of Politics and European Studies at Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Hana Hurtíková is Researcher in the Department of Political Science and European Studies, at the Faculty of Arts, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Michal Soukop is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Politics and European Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Markéta Zapletalová is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and European Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.

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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 overcome political apathy, decreased confidence in democracy and improve efficiency of governance. We traditionally consider cities and municipalities to be cradles of democracy and connect them with deliberations on the further development of democratic theory and political practice. We therefore argue that the local level is a suitable arena and laboratory for both changes of institutional settings within the traditional model of representative democracy, and the structural changes, which concern changing relations between local representatives and citizens.


Pavel Šaradín is Associate professor in the Department of Politics and European Studies at Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Hana Hurtíková is Researcher in the Department of Political Science and European Studies, at the Faculty of Arts, Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Michal Soukop is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Politics and European Studies at the Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Markéta Zapletalová is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and European Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic.


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Verlag
Palgrave Macmillan
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3031436733
ISBN 13 
9783031436734
Einband
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Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
195
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