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)

Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Contributors
List of Figures
List of Schemes
List of Tables
Chapter 1: Introduction
	References
Chapter 2: Democratic Innovations
	References
Chapter 3: Reforms and Political Participation
	Political Participation
	The Condition of Local Politics
	Direct Election of the Mayor
	Recall of Mayors
	Discussion
	References
Chapter 4: Democratic Innovations in Three Countries
	Introduction
	Mini-publics
	Referendums and Citizen Initiative
	Collaborative Governance
	Digital Participation
	Participation in Municipalities
	Conclusions and Discussion
	References
Chapter 5: Programme Local Agenda 21 and Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic Association: Testing the Causality Between HCCZ Membership and Implementation of Selected Democratic Innovation (GIS)
	Introduction
	Theoretical Starting Points
	Local Agenda 21 and Association of Healthy Cities of the Czech Republic
	Research Design and Methodology
	Empirical Results
	Testing the Causality Between HCCZ Membership and Implementation of GIS
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 6: Political and Economic Characteristics of Municipalities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia: Role of Municipal Dynamics and Support Resources in the Implementation of Democratic Innovations
	Introduction
	Political and Economic Predictors of Democratic Innovations Implementation at the Local Level: A Brief Introduction of Existing Research and Theoretical Starting Points
	Data and Methodology
	Empirical Observations
	Discussion and Conclusions
	References
Chapter 7: Innovative and Interactive Political Communication at the Local Level? Experience from the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia
	Introduction
	Specific Characteristics of Political Communication at the Local Level
	Data and Empirical Results
	Conclusion
	References
Chapter 8: Participatory Budgeting in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland
	References
Chapter 9: Participatory Budgets in the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia: Experience from Three Towns
	Introduction
	Zlín, Czech Republic: Example of Top-Down Initiation with Service Role of a Civic Organization
	Bratislava–Nové Mesto, Slovakia: Example of Grassroots-Pressured Initiation with Civic–Public Quasi-Cooperation
	Rybnik, Poland: Example of Grassroots-Pressured Initiation with Top-Down Implementation
	Discussion and Conclusions
	References
Chapter 10: Conclusion
Index