. "In Visegrad states, very few democratic devises for citizen participation in local decision-making have reached broad acceptance. The one major exception to this rule is local referendums: not only do most citizens in Central Europe have the right to initiate referendums that would be binding on the municipal government, but my preliminary research has indicated that citizens are making increasing use of local referendums across the region. This project proposes an extensive research agenda on the nature and development of local referendum politics in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary, highlighting the similarities and differences between the countries. The project focuses on the identification of variables that contribute to the ability of citizens to successfully carry out referendum campaigns on locally controversial issues, even in the face of local political leaders hostile to direct democracy. In that regard, the project inquires into the factors that prevent, as well as"@en . "2007-01-01+01:00"^^ . "2008-12-31+01:00"^^ . "direct democracy" . "GA403/07/1608" . " local referendums" . "The main objective of this project is to carry out an extensive research agenda on the nature and development of local referendum politics in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary. The project focused on the comparative analysis of factors tha"@en . . "Politika m\u00EDstn\u00EDch referend ve st\u0159edn\u00ED Evrop\u011B" . . "2009-10-22+02:00"^^ . "0"^^ . "http://www.isvav.cz/projectDetail.do?rowId=GA403/07/1608"^^ . . . "1"^^ . "0"^^ . . "V zem\u00EDch Vi\u0161egr\u00E1dsk\u00E9 \u010Dty\u0159ky je zat\u00EDm velmi m\u00E1lo demokratick\u00FDch postup\u016F ob\u010Dansk\u00E9 \u00FA\u010Dasti na m\u00EDstn\u00EDch rozhodovac\u00EDch procesech, je\u017E by disponovaly \u0161irokou podporou ve\u0159ejnosti. Jedinou vyj\u00EDmkou tohoto pravidla jsou m\u00EDstn\u00ED referenda. Nejen\u017Ee ve v\u011Bt\u0161in\u011B zem\u00ED st\u0159edn\u00ED Evropy maj\u00ED ob\u010Dan\u00E9 pr\u00E1vo iniciovat referenda, kter\u00E1 jsou z\u00E1vazn\u00E1 pro m\u00EDstn\u00ED samospr\u00E1vy, m\u00E9 p\u0159edb\u011B\u017En\u00E9 v\u00FDzkumy ukazuj\u00ED, \u017Ee ob\u010Dan\u00E9 v tomto regionu t\u00E9to mo\u017Enosti st\u00E1le v\u00EDce vyu\u017E\u00EDvaj\u00ED. P\u0159edkl\u00E1dan\u00FD projekt navrhuje extenzivn\u00ED hloubkov\u00FD v\u00FDzkum podstaty a v\u00FDvoje politiky m\u00EDstn\u00EDch referend v \u010Cesk\u00E9 republice, na Slovensku, v Polsku a Ma\u010Farsku s d\u016Frazem na zkoum\u00E1n\u00ED podobnost\u00ED a rozd\u00EDl\u016F mezi t\u011Bmito zem\u011Bmi. Projekt se zam\u011B\u0159uje na identifikaci prom\u011Bnn\u00FDch, je\u017E p\u0159isp\u00EDvaj\u00ED ke schopnosti ob\u010Dan\u016F \u00FAsp\u011B\u0161n\u011B prosadit kon\u00E1n\u00ED referenda o m\u00EDstn\u00EDch kontroverzn\u00EDch ot\u00E1zk\u00E1ch, a to i v p\u0159\u00EDpad\u011B, \u017Ee obecn\u00ED zastupitel\u00E9 nejsou p\u0159\u00EDm\u00E9 demokracii naklon\u011Bni. Navrhovan\u00FD projekt se zab\u00FDv\u00E1 faktory, je\u017E bu\u010F zabra\u0148uj\u00ED, nebo naopak umo\u017E\u0148uj\u00ED vyhl\u00EDdky p\u0159\u00EDm\u00E9 demokracie v lok\u00E1ln\u00ED politice" . "6"^^ . . "Hlavn\u00EDm c\u00EDlem tohoto projektu je uskute\u010Dnit rozs\u00E1hl\u00FD v\u00FDzkumn\u00FD program k charakteru a v\u00FDvoji politiky m\u00EDstn\u00EDch referend v \u010Cesk\u00E9 republice, na Slovensku, v Polsku a Ma\u010Farsku. Projekt byl zam\u011B\u0159en na srovn\u00E1vac\u00ED anal\u00FDzu faktor\u016F, p\u0159isp\u00EDvaj\u00EDc\u00EDch k tomu, \u017Ee ob\u010Da"@cs . . "6"^^ . . "2008-04-25+02:00"^^ . . "Politics of Local Referendums in Central Europe"@en . . . . . . . . " political participation" . "direct democracy; local referendums; political participation; civic initatives"@en . . . .