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Od transformacji do integracji: wybrane uwagi nt. „bezpośredniej" partycypacji obywateli w procesie podejmowania decyzji politycznych po 1989 r. ...
From transformation to integration: selected remarks concerning the direct' participation of citizens in the process of political decision-making ...

Author(s): Magdalena Musiał-Karg, Elżbieta Lesiewicz
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Visegrad Group ; transformation to integration; participation of citizens; process of political decision-making

Summary/Abstract: From transformation to integration: selected remarks concerning the direct' participation of citizens in the process of political decision-making after 1989 on the example of the Visegrad Group states The subject of this paper concerns selected experiences of citizens from the Visegrad Group countries (Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) participating in the process of 'direct' (that is, exercised by means of the tools of direct democracy) decision making as regards the most important matters, ranging from those related to the process of political transformation to the decision on accession to the European Union. The present considerations dwell on the experiences of Central and East European countries.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 167-184
  • Page Count: 18