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EDITORIAL: LOCAL AND REGIONAL LEVEL - THE THIRD DIMENSION OF THE EU
Simona Kukovič

COMPARISON OD DIRECT DEMOCRATIC AND REPRESENTATIVE PARTICIPATION - CAUSES OF AND RESPONSES TO THE CRISIS OF REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
Markus Reiners

BOTTOM UP RESPONSE: THE ROLE OF MUNICIPALITIES AND CITIES IN COMPENSATING AND SUPPORTING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT'S ROLE
Silvia Ručinska, Miroslav Fečko, Ondrej Mital and Michal Jesensko

MEASURING QUALITY OF SUBNATIONAL DEMOCRACY: DEMOCRATIC COMPETITION AND PARTICIPATION IN CZECH AND POLISH REGIONS, 1998-2020
Pavel Maškarinec

LOCAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES IN THE V4 COUNTRIES - IN THE LIGHT OF THE IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
Istvan Hoffman

SLOVENIAN LOCAL ELECTIONS FROM 1994 TO 2022: DOMINANCE OF NON-PARTISAN LISTS AND MAYORS
Miro Haček

VOX POPULI, VOX DEI: LOCAL REFERENDA IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC 2000-2020
Petr Blaha

HOW ELECTORAL GEOGRAPHY CAN HELP IN STRUGGLE WITH THE FAR RIGHT: EXAMPLE OF SLOVAKIA
Martin Prešivčak