What makes a good minister of a political party? Impact of party- and field-related experience on party pledge fulfilment

2021 ◽  
pp. 135406882110559
Author(s):  
Petra Vodová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Test Of Hypotheses

The article examines the effect of the personal characteristics of ministers on their party and coalition partners' pledge fulfilment. Partisanship and additional party-related experience is expected to help party pledge fulfilment. Previous field-related experience should additionally open up the space for alternative principals. However, in combination of both variables, the partisan motivation shall be the leading mechanism for the behaviour of the minister – and the field-related experience can help partisan ministers to follow party mandate better. The joint dataset of objectively testable pledges in the Czech Republic (2007–2015) supplemented by the information of government ministers is used for the test of hypotheses. The article shows that not only holding the portfolio but also the particular features of ministers, especially those related to the party-related experience, influence their ability to fulfil party promised policy.

Divergent Paths of Inequality in Poland and the Czech Republic

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekrem Karakoç
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Two Factors

Employing most similar design and process-tracing methodology, this chapter focuses on Poland and the Czech Republic in the postcommunist region. It discusses the divergent paths these two countries have taken since their transitions. After discussing the similarities and dissimilarities of these two cases, it turns to the welfare policies shared by both countries with some differences under their former communist rule. It also traces voter turnout and linkage between political party and citizens, and explores how these two factors have affected social policies in each country. The last section offers a comparison of Polish and Czech social policies regarding the level and nature of their targeted spending and its effect on income inequality.

Activism after EU Leverage

2018 ◽  
pp. 140-170
Author(s):  
Conor O'Dwyer
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Political Party ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Opportunity Structure ◽  
Political Opportunity ◽  
Opportunity Structure ◽  
Lgbt Rights ◽  
The Czech Republic

This chapter completes the close comparison of Poland and the Czech Republic. In 2004, both became EU members, a change that weakened transnational leverage and reshaped the political opportunity structure such that the costs of repressing LGBT-rights movements fell. In Poland, this shift led to an immediate increase in direct and indirect repression under a newly elected hard-right government. Over the longer term, however, this backlash reinforced solidarity, prevented internal framing contests, and helped win movement allies. The chapter focuses in particular on how Polish activism became electorally mobilized through an alliance with the political party Your Movement. The Czech Republic, where the hard right remained irrelevant, saw no such backlash; nor, however, did the Czech movement reap backlash’s benefits. Instead, it continued the demobilizing and deinstitutionalizing trends described in the previous chapter.

scholarly journals The Most Important Attributes Of Entrepreneurs. Case Study Of The Environment Of Czech SMEs

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslav Belás ◽  
Aleksandr Ključnikov
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Scientific Questions

The aim of this paper was to define and quantify the most important attributes of entrepreneurs in the segment of small and medium-sized enterprises. The partial objective was to compare the opinions of the entrepreneurs in relation to their gender, age and level of education. Scientific questions, defined in this paper, were verified through empirical research conducted in the Czech Republic in 2015 on a sample of 1,141 entrepreneurs. In our research, we found that entrepreneurs consider expertise, responsibility and perseverance to be the most important personal characteristics and skills. Propensity to risk and decisiveness are ranked right after them. The same group of three most important attributes is presented by all defined groups of entrepreneurs, which means that the assessment of the importance of these attributes remains the same regardless of gender, age and level of education of the entrepreneur. It is interesting that the weight of the expertise increases with the age of the entrepreneur. This trend is caused by the fact that men significantly more intensively presented this opinion. When evaluating the attitudes of entrepreneurs to other characteristics and skills no significant differences in relation to gender, age and education were identified.

scholarly journals The Most Important Attributes of Entrepreneurs. Case Study of the Environment of Czech SMEs.

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Belás ◽  
A. Ključnikov
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Level Of Education ◽  
Scientific Questions

Abstract The aim of this paper was to define and quantify the most important attributes of entrepreneurs in the segment of small and medium-sized enterprises. The partial objective was to compare the opinions of the entrepreneurs in relation to their gender, age and level of education. Scientific questions, defined in this paper, were verified through empirical research conducted in the Czech Republic in 2015 on a sample of 1,141 entrepreneurs. In our research, we found that entrepreneurs consider expertise, responsibility and perseverance to be the most important personal characteristics and skills. Propensity to risk and decisiveness are ranked right after them. The same group of three most important attributes is presented by all defined groups of entrepreneurs, which means that the assessment of the importance of these attributes remains the same regardless of gender, age and level of education of the entrepreneur. It is interesting that the weight of the expertise increases with the age of the entrepreneur. This trend is caused by the fact that men significantly more intensively presented this opinion. When evaluating the attitudes of entrepreneurs to other characteristics and skills no significant differences in relation to gender, age and education were identified.

scholarly journals Business‑Firm Parties and the Czech Party System after 2010

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Just ◽  
Jakub Charvát
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Party System ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
Business Firm ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Public

Abstract The case study presented in this paper applies the business-firm party concept to two political entities active in the Czech party system after 2010: the Public Affairs Party (VV) and the Action of Dissatisfied Citizens (ANO 2011) movement. We assess whether these actors meet the criteria of the business-firm party model and, thus, whether they can be considered representatives of this type of political party in the Czech Republic. The study concludes with a comparison of VV and ANO 2011 as two possible variations on what is known as the business-firm party model.

Party organizational strength and party unity in post-communist Europe

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 409-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margit Tavits
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Literature ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Political Institutions ◽  
Political Party ◽  
Causal Mechanism ◽  
Party Organization ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Party Characteristics

The existing comparative literature focuses on political institutions to explain party unity in parliament, and largely ignores the role of party characteristics in this process. This study argues that the strength of political party organization directly and independently influences the level of party unity. Organizational strength makes the party a valuable asset to individual legislators, thus increasing their willingness to be disciplined. Therefore, parties with strong organizations are likely to be more unified in parliament than those with weak organizations. I find support for this argument with data from four post-communist democracies: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, and Poland. Narratives suggest that the proposed causal mechanism is plausible.

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