Handbook of direct democracy in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 / / Maria Marczewska-Rytko (ed.).

• TeilnehmendeR: Marczewska-Rytko, Maria,
• Place / Publishing House: Opladen ;, Berlin ;, Toronto : : Barbara Budrich Publishers,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 pages)

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union the political history of Central and Eastern Europe has been mainly the story of arise, consolidation, transformation and struggles of new democratic regimes and societies. The handbook offers an instructive approach to that history focusing on the relevance of practices and institutions of direct democracy. It collects 20 political analyses of direct democracy in 20 Central and Eastern European countries after 1989.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Handbook of Direct Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989 -- Contents -- Introduction -- Direct Democracy in Albania (Marcin Pomarański) -- Direct Democracy in Belarus (Wojciech Ziętara) -- Direct Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Andrzej Piasecki) -- Direct Democracy in Bulgaria (Dobrinka Peicheva) -- Direct Democracy in Croatia (Maria Marczewska-Rytko) -- Direct Democracy in Czechia (Elżbieta Kużelewska) -- Direct democracy in Estonia (Dorota Maj) -- Direct Democracy in Hungary (Marcin Pomarański) -- Direct Democracy in Kosovo (Magdalena Musiał-Karg) -- Direct Democracy in Latvia (Dorota Maj) -- Direct Democracy in Lithuania (Dorota Maj) -- Direct Democracy in Macedonia (Magdalena Musiał-Karg) -- Direct Democracy in Moldova (Marta Drabczuk) -- Direct Democracy in Montenegro (Maria Marczewska-Rytko) -- Direct Democracy in Poland (Maria Marczewska-Rytko) -- Direct democracy in Romania (Valentina Marinescu) -- Direct Democracy in Russia (Wojciech Ziętara) -- Direct Democracy in Serbia (Magdalena Musiał-Karg) -- Direct Democracy in Slovakia (Elżbieta Kużelewska) -- Direct Democracy in Slovenia (Elżbieta Kużelewska) -- Direct Democracy in Ukraine (Marta Drabczuk) -- Direct Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989: Conclusion (Maria Marczewska-Rytko) -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.