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What Can Ecological Inference Tell Us about the Second-Order-Elections-Thesis in the Czech Republic and Slovakia?

The Second-Order Election Thesis (SOET) is one of a family of multi-level electoral behaviour theories that was specifically developed to explain changes in voting behaviour in general and European elections. Our analyses indicate that the patterns of voting behaviour predicted by the SOET are mediated by a number of national and regional factors.…

Topics: European Union, Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Stabilní postoj nebo konzistentní odpovídání? Prozkoumání stability stranické identifikace v ČR

The chapter analyses stability of answers to party identification question using the panel survey. The basic hypothesis stemming from the classical conceptualization of the party identification is its stability of the intensity and the direction. Although on the aggregate level the stability is high, at the individual level there is quite high inconsistency in answering the question in around 30 per cent of cases. …

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Politická informovanost: teorie, koncepty a měření

This study explores political awareness of Czech citizens from the point of view of both its distribution within the society, its dimensionality and sources, and its effect on political attitudes and their constraints. The study shows that Czech citizens know most about local and national politics and political players, and are least informed about international affairs. Moreover, the distribution of political knowledge is systematically biased and this results in specific forms of political inequality. These …

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Politická informovanost občanů: teorie, měření a role při zkoumání politických postojů

This study explores political awareness of Czech citizens from the point of view of both its distribution within the society, its dimensionality and sources, and its effect on political attitudes and their constraints. The study shows that Czech citizens know most about local and national politics and political players, and are least informed about international affairs. Moreover, the distribution of political knowledge is systematically biased and this results in specific forms of political inequality. These …

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Závěr: Co rozhodlo volby do Poslanecké sněmovny v roce 2006 a co jsme se dozvěděli o volebním chování v ČR?

The text summarizes the reasons behind voter turnout and vote choice in 2006 Chamber of Deputies election. It illustrates similarity of abstainers and undecided voters whose role in elections increases. It also compares different models of vote choice and shows that the strongest explanation is provided by party identification, issue voting and leadership effects. The effect of class on voting is negligible.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Tematické hlasování, vliv lídrů a stranictví ve volbách

Text analyses factors which influenced the party choice in the 2006 Chamber of Deputies elections. The authors found out that for Czech voters the left-right ideological orientation is very important. Voters choose parties according to their position on various issues. This relationship between party choice and attitudes is strong mainly for those issues which load the left-right orientation. Party sympathy and leadership effects were even more stronger for party choice than issue voting.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Povaha a zdroje stranické identifikace

Text analyzes sources and nature of one of the best predictors of party choice: tha party identification. Firstly, the level and intensity of party identification is analyzed for each party the most identified voters are found among those of KSČM, KDU-ČSL and ODS. Secondly, the authors showed the sources of those identities whithin the family. Those who live together in the marriage or partnership have higher level of party identification and agree on party choice.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Zdroje a motivace volební účasti

Text analyses reasons of abstaintion in 2006 election to the Chamber of Deputies. The main source of abstaintion lies in the feeling that people have no say in the political process. The abstaintion is mainly voluntary and is of long-term nature. Electoral participation is connected also with disposition of sources like time, knowledge, education or finance.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Voliči a volby 2006

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Topics: Value Orientations, Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Přesuny voličů ve volbách do Evropského parlamentu v roce 2004 v České republice: Testování některých implikací teorie národních voleb druhého řádu

Text tests the second-order-national-election thesis in the Czech Republic. The authors analyses two data files about voting behavoir: post-election survey EES 2004 and electoral returns from constituencies. They showed that majority of features of Euroepan Parliament election is in tune with second-ordernational-election thesis. Empirical data presented in the text suggest some important broadenings of the theory. This is shown as four new hypothesis.…

Topics: European Union, Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Účast při volbách do Evropského parlamentu v roce 2004 v České republice

Text analyses low turnout in the European Parliament elections in 2004 in the Czech Republic and analyses the differences from turnout in 2002 national election. Main impact on turnout had sources in terms of political experience (age, social integration as measured by urbanization). Lower turnout was measured among those who go to the church.…

Topics: European Union, Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Vliv nabízených možností na odpovědi respondentů ohledně blízkosti k politickým stranám ve dvou šetřeních po volbách do EP 2004

Text investigates into the sources of differences in estimates of party identification in two european surveys conducted in the same time. This research helps answer question about the nature of relationship between voters and parties. Volatility in the answers about the party closeness is influenced by the short-term (election caimpaign) and long-term factors (electoral systém, role of president in the system, support for democracy).…

Topics: European Union, Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Mass and Elite Attitudes during the Prague Spring Era: Importance and Legacy

This monograph explores public and elite opinion toward events associated with the Prague Spring of 1968 in Czechoslovakia. This investigation is based on an analysis of a unique collection of aggregate and individual level survey datasets. The central goal of this study is to illustrate how the survey evidence from the 1967 to 1969 period may increase understanding of the Prague Spring era. More specifically this study integrates theories associated with the Prague Spring era and public support for the variou…

Topics: Elites, Politics and Political Attitudes, Sociological Data, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Theory, Data and Analysis. Data Resources for the Study of Politics in the Czech republic

This book deals with empirical research using political survey data and is primarily intended for anyone exploring politics in the Czech Republic using quantitative data. Many of the themes addressed in this study have application to the use of quantitative political data in other national contexts and across the social sciences more generally. This book is divided into three parts: theory, data and analysis. In the first part there is an examination of the theories underpinning the most important source of po…

Topics: Research Methodology, Politics and Political Attitudes, Sociological Data

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Co občané České republiky vědí o politice a proč je to důležité?

This chapter shows that (1) Czech citizens know most about local and national politics (2) the distribution of political knowledge in the Czech Republic is biased leading to political inequality (3) in contrast to other citizens in the EU-25 member states, Czechs have lower than average levels of general knowledge of the Union (4) level of political knowledge is most strongly determined by citizen motivation followed by access to information, and ability to make sense of politics. …

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Data získaná z komparativních politologických šetření

The text provides an overview of international research projects with Czech and partially Slovak participation which focused on political issues. A description of Eurobarometer (EB), the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES), European Election Study (EES) and the Civic Education Study (CIVED) research programmes is provided. A part of the chapter is also devoted to political science data in international comparative surveys as ISSP, EVS, ESS and the World Values Survey (WVS).…

Topics: Research Methodology, Politics and Political Attitudes, Sociological Data

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Data z výzkumů volebního chování v České republice

This chapter provides an inventory and evaluation of the large number of survey datasets dealing with political and public policy topics that have been fielded in the Czech Republic since 1990. The text contains an evaluation of survey based research for elections to the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate and sub-national elections for regional and local levels of government. A short commentary on the use of Exit-polls and panel surveys is also provided.…

Topics: Research Methodology, Politics and Political Attitudes, Sociological Data, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Když o politice víme více nebo méně … Záleží na tom?

This chapter explores if having high levels of knowledge of politics makes a difference to public policy preferences? Using a statistical simulation technique the evidence presented demonstrates that on the level of total public opinion the Czech electorate would be more rightist on economic issues and liberal on social issues if it had uniformly high levels of political knowledge.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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