<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The level of development of every country is reflected in constitutional regulation and consequent laws that regulate citizens’ rights to participate in the administration of public affairs. The Constitution of the Slovak Republic and related constitutional laws establish the democratic and constitutional basis of the legal state of the Slovak Republic. The establishment of the Slovak Republic in 1993 required reformulating and enacting all rights and symbols of the state. The principle <italic>“the state’s power derives from the citizens”</italic> is embedded in the Constitution. However, doubts are currently being raised as to whether the citizens participate in the administration of public affairs in the estimated range and in the appropriate manner as it is embedded in the Constitution of the Slovak Republic. The scope of the article is extensive, due to the character of the selected problems. This also affected the main goal of the article. Since the aim is considerably large, it was necessary to define several partial objectives. At the same time, it was desirable to examine other indicators that contributed to the main aim. The aim of the article was to summarize, analyze and categorize the available facts about the legal-theoretical terms for the participation of citizens in public life in the conditions of the Slovak Republic, as well as within the EU.</p></abstract>

The level of development of every country is reflected in constitutional regulation and consequent laws that regulate citizens’ rights to participate in the administration of public affairs. The Constitution of the Slovak Republic and related constitutional laws establish the democratic and constitutional basis of the legal state of the Slovak Republic. The establishment of the Slovak Republic in 1993 required reformulating and enacting all rights and symbols of the state. The principle “the state’s power derives from the citizens” is embedded in the Constitution. However, doubts are currently being raised as to whether the citizens participate in the administration of public affairs in the estimated range and in the appropriate manner as it is embedded in the Constitution of the Slovak Republic. The scope of the article is extensive, due to the character of the selected problems. This also affected the main goal of the article. Since the aim is considerably large, it was necessary to define several partial objectives. At the same time, it was desirable to examine other indicators that contributed to the main aim. The aim of the article was to summarize, analyze and categorize the available facts about the legal-theoretical terms for the participation of citizens in public life in the conditions of the Slovak Republic, as well as within the EU.

The Legal-Theoretical Terms of Citizen Participation in the Administration of Public Affairs in the Slovak Republic

Faculty of Political Science and International Relations

DANUBE

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The level of development of every country is reflected in constitutional regulation and consequent laws that regulate citizens’ rights to participate in the...

The Legal-Theoretical Terms of Citizen Participation in the Administration of Public Affairs in the Slovak Republic

Published Online: Oct 15, 2018

Page range: 153 - 175

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/danb-2018-0010

Keywords
Citizen, Power, Political Rights, Constitutional-legal Basis, Participation, Civil Society, Principle

© 2018 Eleonóra Kováčová, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Legal-Theoretical Terms of Citizen Participation in the Administration of Public Affairs in the Slovak Republic

Published Online: Oct 15, 2018

Page range: 153 - 175

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/danb-2018-0010

KeywordsCitizen, Power, Political Rights, Constitutional-legal Basis, Participation, Civil Society, Principle

© 2018 Eleonóra Kováčová, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Citizen, Power, Political Rights, Constitutional-legal Basis, Participation, Civil Society, Principle