‚I will not be a mere wreath layer!‘ Analysis of the presidential refusal to appoint cabinet ministers in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11230/23:10470594

Result on the web

<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=.YD~21JS2Z" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=.YD~21JS2Z</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.14712/1803-8220/15_2023" target="_blank" >10.14712/1803-8220/15_2023</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

‚I will not be a mere wreath layer!‘ Analysis of the presidential refusal to appoint cabinet ministers in the Czech Republic

Original language description

The discrepancy between the constitutionally defined and actual exercise of the power ofstate institutions has been widely discussed within European political science. The adop- tion of direct presidential elections in the Czech Republic, where the law entered into forcein 2012, and the associated shift towards a more powerful presidency has also promptedmuch debate. The sovereign perception of the mandate of the first directly elected president,Miloš Zeman, intensified academic discussions about the implications of a change in regimetype (from a parliamentary one towards a de facto semi-presidential one). While scholarshave differing views on this matter, only a few academic articles have focused on the cru- cial aspects of presidential power, with most rather assessing the overall regime characterinstead. This paper views the appointment of cabinet members as an essential non-sharedpresidential power, emphasizing interactions among actors in the political system. A com- parative case study enables us to explore situations where three Czech presidents adoptedauthoritative approaches in exercising their powers. We present a new dataset that usesqualitative analysis to examine incidences when a president delayed the process of appointing cabinet members, representing a deviation from the praxis of cabinet domination in aparliamentary regime. Comparing the three Czech presidents - two elected indirectly andone directly elected - enables us to assess the impact of the popular vote in this regard.Focusing on a temporal dimension allows for comparison of the periods of delay betweena publicly declared effort to reject candidates till the moment of their appointments (orwithdrawal). The key findings consist of the significant difference between indirectly electedpresidents and their directly elected counterparts in appointing cabinet members. The paper contributes to the debate about the discrepancy between constitutionally defined powers, their exercising in reality, and a shift from parliamentarism to semi-presidentialism.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Politologica

ISSN

1804-1302

e-ISSN

1803-8220

Volume of the periodical

2023

Issue of the periodical within the volume

15

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

21

Pages from-to

47-67

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85177168063