Challenging Citizens: Democratic Innovations at the Local Level: The Case Study of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783031436734)

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.

Author: Pavel Saradín, Hana Hurtíková, Michal Soukop
ISBN-10: 3031436733
ISBN-13: 9783031436734
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 12/12/2023
Pages: 177
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.50d