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Issues, Leaders, Candidates and the Media in the Czech Parliamentary Election of 2021

This project will examine the impact of party (issue) competition and election campaigning on electoral behaviour during the 2021 Czech parliamentary elections. This research will study the growing importance of issues and party leaders in …

Principal Investigator:

Pat Lyons, BA, MA, Ph.D., DSc.

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Topics:

Elections and Electoral Research

Contracting authority:

Czech Academy of Sciences

Department:

Values and Politics

Project Duration:

2021 - 2023

Level and sources of electoral volatility in post-communist Europe

The project analyses the level and sources of electoral volatility in post-communist countries. This project focuses on individual-level volatility in consecutive parliamentary elections by examining electoral participation and party choice…

Principal Investigator:

Doc. PhDr. Lukáš Linek, Ph.D.

Members of the project team:

Topics:

Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Values and Politics

Project Duration:

2019 - 2021

Changes in the Perception of the Role of Government After the Crisis. The Czech Republic in Comparative Perspective

The project offers a comparative perspective of changes in perception of the role of the state and form of responsible governance in the Czech Republic after the financial and economic crisis, which in addition to changing redistributive ex…

Principal Investigator:

PhDr. Zdenka Mansfeldová, CSc.

Members of the project team:

Topics:

Legitimacy, Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Values and Politics

Project Duration:

2016 - 2018

Dynamics of change in Czech society

Project summary:This project will examine the Dynamics of Change in Czech Society using a household panel survey research design. Applying insights from sociology, economics and politics this study will examine five themes: Family life, ti…

Principal Investigator:

Pat Lyons, BA, MA, Ph.D., DSc.

Members of the project team:

Topics:

Housing, Politics and Political Attitudes, Work, Family, Social Inequalities, Education

Contracting authority:

Grant Agency of the Czech Republic

Department:

Values and Politics

Project Duration:

2014 - 2018

Legitimacy of the Political System and Inequalities: The Development in the Czech Republic in Comparative Perspective

The project aims to increase the knowledge about the perceptions of the relation between the political and distributive systems legitimacy. It also focuses on problems of social inequalities and social capital. The instruments used and the …

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