Publisher's Synopsis
Initiatives and referenda in Central and Eastern Europe, and initiatives and referenda on urban and regional planning are at the centre of the present work. Legislation and the practical experience of initiatives and referenda in the states of Central and Eastern Europe are presented and evaluated in the first chapter. Here it can be clearly seen that direct democracy in the states of Central and Eastern Europe follows its own rules by incorporating the background of the specific historical, political and cultural traditions. Direct democracy in these countries cannot be considered or evaluated by only relying on our familiar way of thinking in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. The consequences of Stuttgart 21 for the planning law, respectively the significance of Stuttgart 21 in developing the direct democracy in factual issues in Germany is considered in the second chapter. This is where the reader will find normative papers and papers from the point of view of legal policy.
