Participation and Elements of Direct Democracy in the Czech Republic: Part I

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www3.mruni.eu/ojs/public-policy-and-administration/article/view/3937" target="_blank" >https://www3.mruni.eu/ojs/public-policy-and-administration/article/view/3937</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13165/VPA-14-13-4-08" target="_blank" >10.13165/VPA-14-13-4-08</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Participation and Elements of Direct Democracy in the Czech Republic: Part I

Original language description

The article presents a case study focused on the definition, political discussion, application, and experience with direct elections and referenda on local, regional and national levels of the Czech political system in the context of participation and elements of direct democracy. The first part of the article (Part I) contains theoretical background, research design of the case study and data for local referenda based on authors' own research; they are divided by topics into the original typology. Theadded value of the article should culminate in its second part (Part II, to be published in the next issue) with the analysis of electoral participation in local referenda, and this will bring us to the direct elections. At the end of Part II, an application of selected elements of direct democracy and direct elections is embedded in a European context and the main trends are analyzed. Such trends as well as the topic itself demonstrate the motivations of political actors and the relatio

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AD - Political sciences

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Public Policy and Administration

ISSN

1648-2603

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

LT - LITHUANIA

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

644-658

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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