The use of local direct democracy in the Czech Republic: how NIMBY disputes drive protest behaviour
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F18%3A10370880" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/18:10370880 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2018.1433661" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2018.1433661</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2018.1433661" target="_blank" >10.1080/03003930.2018.1433661</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The use of local direct democracy in the Czech Republic: how NIMBY disputes drive protest behaviour
Original language description
Over the past 15 years there has been an increase in the use of local direct democracy in the Czech Republic. The analysis shows that the primary cause has been the regulation of development projects. Using transaction costs economics (TCE) approach it is shown how the regulation related to the siting of development projects leads to a not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) response resulting in political activism that uses institutions of local direct democracy. Drawing from the TCE perspective, in this article it is argued that the key sources of this political mobilisation have been the existence of contractual hazards related to development projects and an inability to form credible commitments between developers and communities. The article highlights a previously neglected explanation for the increased use of direct democracy because sources outside the political system often go unnoticed and contributes to the research on NIMBY disputes and on the expansion of direct democracy.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50602 - Public administration
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA16-20553S" target="_blank" >GA16-20553S: Crisis narrativisation and institutions in politics and public policy</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Local Government Studies
ISSN
0300-3930
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
44
Issue of the periodical within the volume
3
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
21
Pages from-to
329-349
UT code for WoS article
000435698700002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85041601579