Pragmatists, Ideologues and the General Law of Curvilinear Disparity: The Case of the Irish Labour Party

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Authors: Kennedy, Fiachra, Pat Lyons, Peter Fitzgerald
In this article we examine the opinion structure of Irish Labour party members and supporters. Our purpose is to test May's law of curvilinear disparity by dividing party members into two groups as outlined by Kitschelt. By focusing on ideological differences within political...
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Party identification in the Czech Republic: inter-party hostility and party preference

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Authors: Vlachová, Klára
This study introduces basic models of voting behaviour and describes in greater detail the findings and starting points of the model of party identification. It recapitulates findings related to the voting behaviour in the Czech Republic throughout the nineties, as well as the re...
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The Reconfiguration of Political Landscape - Explaining Independent Candidates Lists in Elections to Municipal Councils in the Czech Republic

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The project focuses on an alternative form of representation on the local level which are independent (local) lists (ILLs). ILLs have been part of many established democracies as well as of new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe for some time, but their importance has grow...
Trvání projektu: 2020 - 2022
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Přednášky prof. Da-chi Liao a prof. Samuel C. Y. Ku z Taiwanu

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V pondělí 21. října budou v Sociologickém ústavu přednášet zajímaví hosté z Taiwanu – prof. Da-chi Liao z Institute of Political Science, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, od 14.00 hodin, a prof. Samuel C. Y. Ku z Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages, Kaohsiung, od...
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The Constitutional Debate: A One Man Show? Václav Klaus and the Constitutional Discourse in the Czech Media

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Authors: Rakušanová, Petra
Based on a discourse analysis of Czech media coverage of EU Constitutional ratification and rejection between October 2004 and October 2005, this article identifies and analyses the following aspects of the Czech debate: (1) A shift from substantive towards procedural issues with...
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Presidential Decrees and the Transfer Seen Through the Eyes of Czech Society

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Authors: Kunštát, Daniel
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The Constitutional Debate - a One Man Show? Václav Klaus and the Constitutional Discourse in the Czech Media

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Authors: Rakušanová, Petra
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Evaluation of the Government in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland

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Authors: Kunštát, Daniel
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The Europeanization of Social Movements in the Czech Republic: The EU and Local Women’s Groups

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Authors: Císař, Ondřej, Kateřina Vráblíková
The goal of this paper is to analyze the impact the EU has had on Czech women‟s groups since the 1990s. Drawing on both Europeanization and social movement theories, the first section defines the theoretical standpoint of the paper. The second section is focused on the impact of...
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Identity Formation of Elites in Old and New Member States (with a Special Focus on the Czech Elite)

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Authors: Mansfeldová, Zdenka, Barbora Špicarová Stašková
The article examines the perception of national and European identities from the viewpoint of political and economic elite. It examines the components of both identities, the relationship between national and European identities. The study is based on quantitative survey and comp...
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Noreena Heertz: The Silent Takeover. Global Capitalism and the Death of Democracy

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
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The Role and Position of Committees of the House of Deputies of the Czech Republic in the Period of Transformation

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Authors: Rakušanová, Petra
The article provides analysis of the gradual institutionalization of the committees of the Czech Parliament between 1993 and 1999 and shows that in the committees, gradual expert and political professionalization of the deputies occurs ů deputies acquire a new type of supra-secto...
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Social Partnership in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic

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Authors: Čambáliková, Monika, Zdenka Mansfeldová
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Types of Non-electoral Political Participation in Europe

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Authors: Vlachová, Klára, Tomáš Lebeda
The authors describe what forms of political participation, outside the electoral process, the populations of twenty-one European countries tend to employ and to what degree. They identify three types of non-electoral political participation: active-conventional, active-demonstra...
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Social Partnership and Interest Representation in Transitory Society: The Czech Case

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Authors: Mansfeldová, Zdenka
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Parliamentary Activity, Re-Selection and the Personal Vote. Evidence from Flexible-List Systems

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Authors: Linek, Lukáš, Thomas Däubler, Love Christensen
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Fifth Workshop of Parliamentary Scholars and Parliamentarians

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Authors: Linek, Lukáš
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Why Czech Parliamentary party Groups Vote less Unitedly. The Role of Frequent Voting and Big Majorities in Passing Bills

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Authors: Linek, Lukáš, Petra Rakušanová
The text aims to explain voting unity in the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic based on data from the years 1998–2002. It introduces the basic terminology and theoretical framework used in literature on the behaviour of parties in parliament and th...
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The state of research on political parties

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Authors: Mansfeldová, Zdenka
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The Political Culture of Local Communities. The Case of Three Towns (In Czech)

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Authors: Kostelecký, Tomáš, Zdenka Vajdová
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