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The article offers a detailed technical description of the research on the deputies and senators in the Czech parliament that has been conducted since 1993 by the "Political Sociology" team in the Institute of Sociology. The main theme is the representative level of the research in an international comparison and consequently in interpretation potential of this type of data.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Executive-Legislative Relations in the Budgeting Process in the Czech Republic

The article analyse the executive-legislative relations on the case of the budgeting process. The budget is the government’s key political document. Negotiations on the budget can be taken as a case study to analyse the bargaining process in legislative institutions, reflecting the various clashes between political and partial in parliament and in parliamentary committees. The crucial factor is the distribution of the political power in parliament. …

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Identity Formation of Elites in Old and New Member States (with a Special Focus on the Czech Elite)

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 compares elite in the Czech Republic with elite in Old and New member states. …

Topics: Elites, European Union, Identity, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Erste Schritte der tschecho-slowakischen Gesellschaft im Transformations-prozess

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Die Wahlen in der ČSFR 1992 und der Weg in die Auflösung der Föderation

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Tripartism in the Czech Republic

Topics: Civil Society, Social Policy, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

Entwicklung der Parteilandschaft in der Tschechischen Republik - Möglichkeiten der Konfliktregulierung

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Social Partnership in the Czech Republic

A collection of essays, forums, and book reviews dealing with the Austria's Austro-corporatism. Offers an evaluation of Austro- corporatism in the larger context of European politics, describes the 19th century and WWI roots of social partnership, and looks at issues such as the Kreisky administration's experiments with Austro- Keynesianism, the Austro-corporatism/tripartism model for the new democracies of East-Central Europe, and conservatism and the new right in Austria today.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Social Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Von der 'unpolitischen' zur 'professionellen' Politik. Aspekte der politischen Kultur der ČSFR in der Periode des Systemwechsels

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Zerfall der Tschechoslowakei - strukturelle Ursachen und Parteihandeln

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

A Short History of the Czech and Slovak Parties

The analyses presented in this book focus on the election to the Czechoslovakian Federal Assembly in June 1990. They describe and explain the development of the political parties, the social and political features of the candidates in this parliamentary election, the electoral behavior of the public, and the formation of government. Appendices provide the party and election laws as well as essential datasets prepared for secondary analysis by the Zentralarchiv für empirische Sozialforschung in Cologne. The bo…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Privatisierungsstrategie, institutionelle Konfliktregelung und Symbolisierung im tschechischen ökonomischen Diskurs

Topics: Identity, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Public Opinion and Parliamentary Political Parties Attitudes in the Czech Republic towards the EU Membership

Topics: European Union, Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

The Role of Central European Parliaments in the Process of European Integration

Topics: European Union, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Czech and Slovak Political and Parliamentary Elites

This provocative and stimulating book argues that the structures and processes of elite politics in postcommunist Eastern Europe are critical determinants of democracy and political stability in the region. The East European regime transition were initiated and carried through principally by eli res, especially Gorbachevite reformers in the communist establishments. Changing configurations of national elites are shaping the prospects for democracy in the countries of post-communist Eastern Europe. In several c…

Topics: Elites, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

The Czech and Slovak Republics

A reference analysis of political changes which have occurred in Eastern Europe since the demise of communism. It offers historical, comparative perspectives of the region and also focuses on the social consequences of the transition, showing variations between countries in the sequence of change.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Poslanci prvního českého parlamentu (1992-1996)

The study presents the results of a survey of parliamentary deputies which is part of an anticipatedwider analysis of the place and role of Parliament in the transformation of the political system from anauthoritarian regime to a democracy, in the individual stages of this transformation. The survey wasconducted at the beginning and end of the term of office and a comparison of data allowed somedevelopment tendencies to be discerned. The results acquired provided comprehensive observationson, and a general dep…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Czech Political Parties and Cleavages after 1989

This collection of essays summarizes one of the most fascinating developments of contemporary history: the peaceful revolution of the Central European nations from a long period of authoritarian regimes to Western democracy. It looks at the pre-Communist history of political parties and then examines the extent to which party politics has changed in the post-Cold War world.After reviewing the various theories of cleavage and considering the interrelationships among cleavages, parties, and voters, 15 essays by …

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

How the Voter Respond

This collection of essays summarizes one of the most fascinating developments of contemporary history: the peaceful revolution of the Central European nations from a long period of authoritarian regimes to Western democracy. It looks at the pre-Communist history of political parties and then examines the extent to which party politics has changed in the post-Cold War world.After reviewing the various theories of cleavage and considering the interrelationships among cleavages, parties, and voters, 15 essays by …

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Zivilgesellschaft in der Tschechischen und Slowakischen Republik

Změny v organizaci práce a postoje k odborům

The state of research on political parties

Social Partnership in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic

Czech Republic

Javno mnenje in stališča parlamentarnih strank do članstva v EU v Republiki Češki" (Public opinion and Viewpoints of parliamentary Parties in Czech Republic regarding the EU Membership)

Vztah poslanců českého parlamentu k voličům jako problém vertikální odpovědnosti

Executive-Legislative Relations in the Budgeting Process in the Czech Republic

Identity Formation of Elites in Old and New Member States (with a Special Focus on the Czech Elite)

Erste Schritte der tschecho-slowakischen Gesellschaft im Transformations-prozess

Die Wahlen in der ČSFR 1992 und der Weg in die Auflösung der Föderation

Tripartism in the Czech Republic

Entwicklung der Parteilandschaft in der Tschechischen Republik - Möglichkeiten der Konfliktregulierung

Social Partnership in the Czech Republic

Von der 'unpolitischen' zur 'professionellen' Politik. Aspekte der politischen Kultur der ČSFR in der Periode des Systemwechsels

Zerfall der Tschechoslowakei - strukturelle Ursachen und Parteihandeln

A Short History of the Czech and Slovak Parties

Privatisierungsstrategie, institutionelle Konfliktregelung und Symbolisierung im tschechischen ökonomischen Diskurs

Public Opinion and Parliamentary Political Parties Attitudes in the Czech Republic towards the EU Membership

The Role of Central European Parliaments in the Process of European Integration

Czech and Slovak Political and Parliamentary Elites

The Czech and Slovak Republics

Poslanci prvního českého parlamentu (1992-1996)

Czech Political Parties and Cleavages after 1989

How the Voter Respond

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