How Far Can Citizens Influence the Decision-Making Process? Analysis of the Effectiveness of Referenda in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary in 1989–2015

This article explores the political role of a referendum in Central European countries, in particular in Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. In this article, political effectiveness is understood as a possibility to influence the decision-making process by citizens through a referendum. The t...

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Main Author: Kużelewska Elżbieta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-10-01
Series:Baltic Journal of European Studies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/bjes-2015-0019