20.500.12556/RUL-175545 Democratic innovations in Central and Eastern Europe the perspective of policymakers and civil society organisations Political representation and democracy in several European countries have faced considerable challenges in recent decades. Especially worrying are the decline in electoral turnout and party membership, along with the decline in political trust and growing dissatisfaction with the functioning of representative democracy. These are all linked to the quality of democracy. Many scholars believe that a possible solution to such problems is democratic innovations, largely due to their participatory nature. Although in recent times democratic innovations have been put into practice, and analysed from multiple perspectives in multiple European countries, this has not happened with regard to Central and Eastern European countries. Based on face‑to‑face interviews conducted in 2024 with policymakers as well as representatives of civil society organisations in four Central and Eastern European countries, exploratory analysis reveals (different) views, rhetorical stances, sentiments and narratives concerning the meaning and importance of democratic innovations, including for maintaining/increasing political trust. The analysis points not only to differences among countries, but also between the groups of respondents. trust democratic innovations policymakers civil society organisations Central and Eastern Europe demokracija zaupanje civilna družba true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2025-11-03 11:54:39 2025-11-03 11:54:42 2025-12-12 03:41:25 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2025 0 0 Str. 371-399 issue 3 Vol. 21 Sep. 2025 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 321.7 1801-3422 10.2478/pce-2025-0015 255614979 Krasovec_et_al_PCE.pdf Krasovec_et_al_PCE.pdf 1 ADBAD382B0CD7CC6D392F0FC93D9F6CA 12cd6d6e8e6a9e8a1f96d356a5105a205cc64de3ff6da81b00441b082410cb1b 62cd2bee-b8a3-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=221279 https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/pce-2025-0015 0 7105b29f-b8a3-11f0-9328-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=221280 Fakulteta za družbene vede 0 0 0