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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

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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

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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

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

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

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Tripartism in the Czech Republic

Topics: Civil Society, Social Policy, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

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Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Social Partnership in the Czech Republic

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

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Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Zerfall der Tschechoslowakei - strukturelle Ursachen und Parteihandeln

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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A Short History of the Czech and Slovak Parties

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

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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

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Czech and Slovak Political and Parliamentary Elites

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

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The Czech and Slovak Republics

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

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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

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Czech Political Parties and Cleavages after 1989

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

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How the Voter Respond

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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Post-Communist Party Systems: Competition, Representation, and Inter-Party Cooperation

Post-Communist Party Systems: Competition, Representation, and Inter-Party Cooperation

Post-Communist Party Systems examines democratic party competition in four post-communist polities in the mid- 1990's, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Polan d. Legacies of pre-communist rule turn out to play as much a role in accounting for differences as the institutional differences incorporated in the new democratic rules of the game. The book demonstrates various developments within the four countries with regard to different voter appeal of parties, patterns of voter representation, and disp…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Zivilgesellschaft im Transformationsprozeß Ost-Mitteleuropas: Ungarn, Polen und die Tschechoslowakei

Zivilgesellschaft im Transformationsprozeß Ost-Mitteleuropas: Ungarn, Polen und die Tschechoslowakei

Der fünfte Band von Systemwechsel analysiert Herausbildung, Struktur und Funktion von Zivilgesellschaften im Transformationsprozeß von der Autokratie zur Demokratie. Wie in den vorherigen Bänden beschäftigt sich der erste Teil mit theoretischen Fragen und der zweite Teil mit konkreten empirischen Analysen. Der Band enthält Beiträge zur Gestalt und Funktion bestimmter Typen von Zivilgesellschaften im Hinblick auf den Erfolg der Demokratisierungsprozesse, informiert zum Verhältnis von Nationalismus und Zi…

Topics: Civil Society, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Czech Republic

Czech Republic

This is a comprehensive study that compares the origins, structure, composition and activities of cabinets in Eastern Europe and draws lessons from this comparison. Each chapter begins with a survey of the evolution of cabinets since the fall of communism at the beginning of the 1990s. The authors then look at the place of the cabinet in the constitution and on the role of presidents and prime ministers. At a time when most Eastern European countries are candidates for membership in the European Union, this vo…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Die Tschechische Republik

Die Tschechische Republik

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Wahlen im Transformationsprozeß der Tschechischen Republik

Wahlen im Transformationsprozeß der Tschechischen Republik

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Transformation, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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The Czech Republic

The Czech Republic

The country-specific chapter on Czech Republic, as all 13 chapters on Central and East European Countries, provides the reader with standard handbook information on voting behaviour, cabinet formation, electoral and constitutional arrangements from 1989 and onwards. A common theme of all chapters is political cleavages and the chapter offers in-depth analyse of the changing cleavage structure in Czech Republic …

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Seiroshikyogi no seidoka to sono jissai (Institutionalization and Practices of the Tripartite System)

The book deals with employment problems and labour relations in Czech Republic in System Transition and covers macro-, mezzo- and micro-level. Besides economic development, employment problems, interest representation of employers and employees the attention is paid also to the changes in value orientations and work attitudes. The authors are Czech and Japanese sociologist, specialist on East-Central Europe. This enables to see the Czech development in broader context of globalization. …

Topics: Economy, Value Orientations, Work, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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