Rethinking Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe

Part 1: Conceptual Frameworks and Theoretical Perspectives

1. Introduction - Nina Kolleck and Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski

2. Theorizing EU citizenship practices - Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski

3. Citizen engagement mediated by digital technologies during the Russian invasion of Ukraine and civic unrest in Belarus: Emerging citizen agency for democratic rights - Mariana Gustafsson, Vasil Navumau, and Olga Matveieva

4. Being or Becoming Political? Performative Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe - Bojan Baća and Jelena Vasiljević

5. Citizen, citoyen, and Staatsbürger: Between misunderstandings and productive cross-fertilization in European educational materials - Claire Moulin-Doos

Part 2: Citizenship Education and Civic Engagement

6. Citizenship and Civic education in Central and Eastern Europe - Nina Kolleck

7. Culture Wars on Civic Education - Andrea Szukala

8. The Politics of Civic Education in the Post-Yugoslav Region - Tamara P. Trošt

9. Participation Disempowered. Polish Participatory Budgeting and a Missed Chance for Citizen Empowerment - Joanna Podgórska-Rykała and Janusz Grygieńć

10. Citizenship Education in CEE: Perspectives and Desiderata of Transnationally Networked NGOs - Lasse Hansen and Nina Kolleck

Part 3: Regional Perspectives and Case Studies

11. European Parliament Elections in East-Central Europe: Participation, Eurosceptic Voting and Perceptions of Young People - Lisa Anders, Astrid Lorenz, and Hendrik Träger

12. Long-distance citizenship. Voting rights for citizens abroad and dual-citizenship policies in Central, Eastern and South Eastern Europe - Dietmar Müller

13. Attitudes of German youth towards the war in Ukraine - Johannes Schuster, Lea Fobel, and Nina Kolleck

14. Civic digital participation for rural development. Lessons from a German survey for LEADER regions in Central and Eastern Europe - Veronika Stein and Christian Pentzold

Part 4: Conclusion

15. Concluding Thoughts - Pawel Karolewski and Nina Kolleck