scholarly journals Municipalities without elected councils. Causes of insufficient fulfilment of candidate lists in some municipalities in local elections in 2018

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-82
Author(s):  
Petr Dvořák ◽  
Stanislav Balík
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
Municipal Elections

Abstract By means of a qualitative analysis of the sixteen municipalities in the Czech Republic in which additional elections were held in 2019, five variables were identified which may explain why additional elections occurred. For analysis, we used data from the Czech Statistical Office (municipal elections 1994 to 2019), the Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic and information on individual municipalities from media analysis. We have identified the following possible variables which may affect whether additional elections are held: end of elites, non -stand as a candidate again, the end of municipal representatives, incumbent decides not to defend mandate (variable Non -defend mandate) and personal disputes within the municipality. Conversely, the financial situation of the municipality, the age of the representatives, the voter turnout in the municipality, the number of voters, the number of candidate lists or associations and candidates proved inconclusive in most municipalities. A significant increase in new candidates is a consequence rather than an explanation of the holding of additional elections.

scholarly journals Participatory Budgeting and Traditional Participation in Czech Municipalities

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavol Minárik
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Political Competition ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Participatory Budgeting ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Municipal Elections ◽  
Limited Scale ◽  
Smart Governance

As an instrument of smart governance, participatory budgeting has been implemented by several dozen of municipalities in the Czech Republic. This is in line with the trend in many European cities. The paper examines the implementation of participatory budgeting in Czech municipalities. It is observed that participatory budgeting is being implemented in the Czech Republic typically on a very limited scale. The particular aim of this paper is to analyze the relation of participatory budgeting to the traditional political participation in local elections. Following an examination of the extent in which the instrument is implemented in the Czech municipalities, statistical tools are used to relate implementation of participatory budgeting to several measures of traditional political participation, such as voter turnout and intensity of the political competition in municipal elections. The paper concludes that the implementation of participatory budgeting has very little relation to the traditional, electoral participation in the Czech Republic.

scholarly journals Does Participatory Budgeting Bolster Voter Turnout in Elections ? The Case of the Czech Republic

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soňa Kukučková ◽  
Eduard Bakoš
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Participatory Budgeting ◽  
National Elections ◽  
Quality Of Democracy ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThough participatory budgeting (PB) is often discussed as a tool to bolster the level of civic participation and the quality of democracy, empirical research on the subject offers ambiguous results. In the Czech Republic, PB was introduced 5 years ago, and the number of implemented PBs has since increased substantially. The purpose of this article is to evaluate whether the use of PB is associated with higher voter turnout in municipal and parliamentary elections. Voter turnout in Czech municipalities that implemented PB is analyzed and compared with the control group of municipalities without PB. Considered by type of election, we found that the impact of PB use on voter turnout is higher for local elections than it is for national elections, which is in line with our assumptions. However, our results were significant for Prague districts only. Participatory budgeting could increase voter turnout in local election, but there are other factors that must be considered.

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.

scholarly journals Post-election Survey Data: Local Democracy and the 2018 Local Elections in the Czech Republic

Data in Brief ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 107039
Author(s):  
Pavel Šaradín ◽  
Tomáš Lebeda ◽  
Jakub Lysek ◽  
Michal Soukop ◽  
Daniela Ostrá ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Local Democracy ◽  
The Czech Republic

scholarly journals Analysis of decreasing natality trend in the Czech Republic

2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-156
Author(s):  
Jitka Poměnková ◽  
Lenka Němcová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Living Standard ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
Evaluation Influence ◽  
Family State

The aim of this paper is factors identification of the decreasing natality trend in the Czech Republic between years 1991–2005. This identification is done with respect to the financial situation and living standard of families.The first step, analysis of natality factor – animation natality, is performed. Animation natality is divi­ded according to the mother family state in the time of the birth. Trend of born in marriage and trend out of marriage are described. Following analysis is focused on decreasing component of natality – number of born in marriage.The second step is time series correlation analysis used for identification and evaluation influence of demographic and economic factors on decreasing component of natality. Based on this analysis, in­fluen­cing factors for regression model describing natality are selected.The last step is formulation and estimation of multiple regression model describing causality between natality in marriage and selected factors.

scholarly journals COMPETITIVENESS ANALYSIS OF KAZAKHSTAN CONFECTIONARY SECTOR USING FINANCIAL DISCRIMINANT MODELS

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 144-153
Author(s):  
Petr Hájek ◽  
Gulnar Zhunissova ◽  
Taťjana Čábelová ◽  
Adilya Baidildina
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Predictive Models ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Z Score ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
Discriminant Models ◽  
Score Model ◽  
Political Turmoil

Measuring competitiveness offers hundreds of analytical options. We have chosen to analyze and compare companies of confectionery sector in Kazakhstan. We opted to use bankruptcy and creditworthiness models and compare competitiveness through the financial situation of main competitors on that market. Companies analyzed comprise of two Ukrainian companies (Konti and Roshen), Russian companies (Nestlé Russian branch serving also Central Asian markets and KDV - Yaskino) and three local corporations Rakhat, Bayan Sulu and Konfety Karagandy. Models used for analysis are Altman z-score model, Taffler z-score model, IN99, IN01, IN05, and creditworthiness model. The IN models were created in the Czech Republic based on companies' data from the 1990s which was the period of higher inflation, small currency an big banking crisis, massive imports, developing competition and infrequent political turmoil. These models have comparably much greater benefits for analyzing companies in Kazakhstan because they are based on hundreds of companies in contrast to tens of companies on which Altman or Taffler based their famous and highly predictive models. We present an analysis of models in 2007 – 2016 period based on publicly accessible data. We show the IN models have valuable benefits for comparison compared with other older models and that they can disclose certain events or corporate situations in a clearer way than other Altman or Taffler z-score models and should be used in Kazakhstan and improved to suit better the local market environment.

scholarly journals Citizens local political participation in the Czech Republic: rural-urban comparison

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 21-29
Author(s):  
J. Cmejrek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Political Participation ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Political Process ◽  
The Political ◽  
Local Administration ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Public

The Velvet Revolution in November 1989 in the former Czechoslovakia opened the way to the renewal of the democratic political system. One of the most visible aspects of the Czech political development consisted in the renewal of the essential functions of elections and political parties. On the local level, however, the political process - as well as in other post-communist countries - continued to be for a long time influenced by the remains of the former centralized system wherein the local administration used to be subjected to the central state power. Municipal elections took hold in these countries, however, the local government remained in the embryonic state and a certain absence of real political and economic decision-making mechanism on the local level continued to show. The public administration in the Czech Republic had to deal with the changes in the administrative division of the state, the split of the Czechoslovak federation as well as the fragmentation of municipalities whose number increased by 50 percent. Decision making mechanisms on the local and regional level were suffering from the incomplete territorial hierarchy of public administration and from the unclear division of power between the state administration and local administration bodies. Only at the end of the 1990s, the public administration in the Czech Republic started to get a more integrated and specific shape. Citizens participation in the political process represents one of the key issues of representative democracy. The contemporary democracy has to face the decrease in voter turnout and the low interest of citizens to assume responsibility within the political process. The spread of democratising process following the fall of the iron curtain should not overshadow the risk of internal weakness of democracy. The solution should be looked for in more responsible citizenship and citizens’ political participation. The degree of political participation is considered (together with political pluralism) to be the key element of representative democracy in general terms, as well as of democratic process on the local and regional level. The objective of this paper is to describe the specifics of citizens local political participation in the Czech Republic and to show the differences between rural and urban areas. The paper concentrates on voting and voter turnout but deals also with other forms of citizens political participation.

Local referendum as a tool of direct participation of citizens in the decision-making of municipalities in the Czech Republic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Filip Hampl
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Voter Turnout ◽  
Direct Democracy ◽  
Territorial Development ◽  
Development Environment ◽  
Correlation Relationship ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Binding Force ◽  
Direct Participation

The local referendum is the only tool of direct democracy in the Czech Republic, allowing citizens to decide on issues falling within the independent competence of municipalities directly. The aim of the paper is to assess the use, voter turnout, binding force, and thematic focus of local referenda as a tool of direct participation of citizens in the decision-making on local issues in the Czech municipalities with respect to their size defined by the population in the period 2006-2019. To fulfil the aim, descriptive statistics, binary logistic regression, classification analysis and correlation analysis have been employed. A total of 288 local referenda were held in the examined period, 193 of them in the municipalities up to 1,999 inhabitants. The results do not indicate a statistically significant relationship between the municipality size and the holding of referenda. On the other hand, the results show a weakly negative correlation relationship between the municipality size and the turnout (the binding force, respectively). The referenda focused on territorial development, environment, alternative sources of power and infrastructure predominate in the municipalities up to 4,999 inhabitants. The referenda on municipal property and public order prevail in the municipalities with 5,000 and more inhabitants.

The Role of Parents as Educational and Social Partners of Schools in the Czech Republic: Legislation and Media Analysis

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 480-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milada Rabusicová ◽  
Katerina Emmerová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
School System ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Social Partners ◽  
The Media ◽  
Role Of Parents ◽  
School Issues ◽  
Contemporary School

The article presents results of the first stage of a three year research project on the role of parents as educational and social partners of the school in the Czech Republic. Basic questions are: What does the school consider parents to be and how is their position defined in the legislature? To what extent are parents influenced in their attitudes to school by the reflection of the contemporary school in the media? The methodological frame of this study includes application of the existing theoretical framework and methods like content analysis of the school legislature and documents, and analysis of selected media. Such analyses focus on how information about schools and school system is presented to parents and the general public. As far as legislative conditions are concerned, the results indicate that they do not define precisely parents' position towards the school and therefore it is only up to the good will of both sides — parents and teachers — to create their own definitions. As far as the media context is concerned, the picture presented by media is rather unfavourable towards school issues and teachers in particular which could make interactions between the school and parents not an easy matter.

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