Democratic Innovations in Central and Eastern Europe - 9781032087092

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Democratic Innovations in Central and Eastern EuropeAuthor(s): Sergiu Gherghina, Joakim Ekman, Olena Podolian\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032087092, 978-1032087092\nSynopsis\nDemocratic Innovations in Central and Eastern Europe expands research on democratic innovations by looking specifically at different forms of democratic innovations in Central and Eastern Europe.\n\nThe book covers direct democracy (referendums in particular), deliberative democracy practices and e-participation forms which are salient in practice because they match the political realities of our time. Expert contributors show how the recent actions of ordinary citizens in several Central and Eastern European countries have challenged the contemporary political order, and grassroots movements and diverse forms of mobilization have challenged the notion of weak civil societies in the East. The empirical evidence presented attempts to d.