TY - JOUR
TI - Nonpartisan Political Initiatives as a New Way of Political Engagement of Citizens? The Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia
AU - Sobolewska-Myślik, Katarzyna
TI - Nonpartisan Political Initiatives as a New Way of Political Engagement of Citizens? The Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia
AB - 
	The article describes the political initiatives which have launched their operation in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia in recent years. They include the following groups: ‘Ano’ and ‘Úsvit Přímé Demokracie‘ in the Czech Republic, Slovakia’s ‘OL’aNO’, and Poland’s ‘Kukiz’15’. A distinctive feature of these groups is their nonpartisan nature, which is important in light of the fact that the organizations are involved in political activities and participate in elections. Another important element of the activity of the aforementioned actors is calling for a mass civic engagement and emphasizing the need for the widespread use of direct democracy mechanisms. The functioning of the described subjects was analysed in light of the growing criticism of the functioning of political parties. Attention was drawn to the fact that, in their present form, these initiatives cannot be considered as potentially eff ective carriers of changes in the fi eld of party politics in the named countries. Despite some sort of radicalism, presented by them, as well as anti-partisanship and calling for civic engagement, these organizations bring to mind the type of parties known as corporation-like political parties, or parties headed by entrepreneurs, i.e. parties that, despite some specifi c features, are still political parties and cannot
VL - 2016
IS - Volume XXIV
PY - 2017
SN - 2451-4993
C1 - 2543-733X
SP - 121
EP - 132
DO - 10.4467/2543733XSSB.16.008.6250
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/ssb/article/niepartyjne-inicjatywy-polityczne-jako-nowy-sposob-politycznego-zaangazowania-obywateli
KW - political parties
KW - the crisis of parties
KW - political participation
KW - political mobilization