Development of citizen participation in Central and Eastern Europe after the EU enlargement and economic crises

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.006" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.006</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.006" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.postcomstud.2016.06.006</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Development of citizen participation in Central and Eastern Europe after the EU enlargement and economic crises

Original language description

The main focus of this article is the role of organized civil society in facilitating citizen engagement in Central and East European new EU member states after the EU accession and the recent economic crises. Using international comparative methodologies and data this article analyses democratic processes in the new member states focussing on the changes in strengths and weaknesses of citizen engagement. It shows the ways in which the post-enlargement process, especially the economic crisis affected the ability of CEE citizens both directly, and via civil society organisations and trade unions to be active participants of the multilevel governance processes. It finds that one of the key remaining gaps of the democratization process remains the relative weakness of state citizens relationship. The impact of the economic crisis on the CEE countries was significant, in particular in regard to financial viability of organised civil society. However, economic crisis also acted as an important mobilization factor, and in all countries under study, civic participation, enabled by civil society and trade unions increased. New initiatives in particular those tackling corruption and party campaign finance, saw NGOs focussing their advocacy efforts towards the government as well as actively mobilizing and engaging citizens. Across the CEE region, we are seeing gradual social learning, internalization of new norms and emergence of new identities active citizens engaged with (and if necessary in opposition to) the state directly (public mobilization and protests) and via organized civil society. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The Regents of the University of California.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AO - Sociology, demography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GA16-04885S" target="_blank" >GA16-04885S: Changes in the perception of the role of government after the crisis. The Czech Republic in comparative perspective.</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

ISSN

0967-067X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

49

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

219-231

UT code for WoS article

000392262200003

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84992111621