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Prohlubování demokracie na lokální úrovni / Občanská participace v Utrechtu / Deepening democracy at the local level / Civic participation in Utrecht

This thesis focuses on the topic of active citizenship in democratic societies. An emphasis is placed on the clarification of the role of the citizen as an engaged participant in the political process at the local level. This issue is contextualized within the theory of democracy, which legitimacy is fulfilled by the citizen participation. The empirical part is devoted to the research of the citizen participation in the Dutch city of Utrecht, where the way of cooperation between citizens and public officers was investigated in the process of public policy making. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the form and the contribution of the civic participation in Utrecht. Keywords democracy, democracy at the local level, participatory democracy, citizen, participation, codecision, cooperation, relationship between the citizen and the politician, level of participation

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:333305
Date January 2015
CreatorsBlahetová, Kristýna
ContributorsSkovajsa, Marek, Benyovszky, Selma
Source SetsCzech ETDs
LanguageCzech
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

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