@article{1484725,
      recid = {1484725},
      author = {Šaradín, Pavel,},
      title = {Challenging citizens : democratic innovations at the local  level : the case study of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and  Poland /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2023},
      note = {Includes index.},
      abstract = {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 aradn is Associate professor in the  Department of Politics and European Studies at Palack  University in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Hana Hurtkov is  Researcher in the Department of Political Science and  European Studies, at the Faculty of Arts, Palack 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, Palack University Olomouc,  Czech Republic. Markta Zapletalov is a Senior Lecturer in  the Department of Politics and European Studies, Faculty of  Arts, Palack University Olomouc, Czech Republic.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1484725},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-43674-1},
}