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Democratic Innovations in Central and Eastern Europe – The Perspective of Policymakers and Civil Society Organisations

Politics in Central Europe
Volume 21 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
By: Alenka Krašovec,  Meta Novak,  Anja Kolak and  Damjan Lajh  
Open Access
|Oct 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2025-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2787-9038 | Journal ISSN: 1801-3422
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Language: English
Page range: 371 - 399
Published on: Oct 31, 2025
Published by: Metropolitan University Prague
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
trust,
democratic innovations,
Central and Eastern Europe,
policymakers,
civil society organisations
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Political science,
Political science, other,
International relations

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