Local referendum as a tool of direct participation of citizens in the decision-making of municipalities in the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14560%2F20%3A00115860" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14560/20:00115860 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-9610-2020-31" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-9610-2020-31</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-9610-2020-31" target="_blank" >10.5817/CZ.MUNI.P210-9610-2020-31</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Local referendum as a tool of direct participation of citizens in the decision-making of municipalities in the Czech Republic
Original language description
The local referendum is the only tool of direct democracy in the Czech Republic, allowing citizens to decide on issues falling within the independent competence of municipalities directly. The aim of the paper is to assess the use, voter turnout, binding force, and thematic focus of local referenda as a tool of direct participation of citizens in the decision-making on local issues in the Czech municipalities with respect to their size defined by the population in the period 2006-2019. To fulfil the aim, descriptive statistics, binary logistic regression, classification analysis and correlation analysis have been employed. A total of 288 local referenda were held in the examined period, 193 of them in the municipalities up to 1,999 inhabitants. The results do not indicate a statistically significant relationship between the municipality size and the holding of referenda. On the other hand, the results show a weakly negative correlation relationship between the municipality size and the turnout (the binding force, respectively). The referenda focused on territorial development, environment, alternative sources of power and infrastructure predominate in the municipalities up to 4,999 inhabitants. The referenda on municipal property and public order prevail in the municipalities with 5,000 and more inhabitants.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50602 - Public administration
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
23rd International Colloquium on Regional Sciences. Conference Proceedings.
ISBN
9788021096103
ISSN
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e-ISSN
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Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
244-251
Publisher name
Masarykova univerzita
Place of publication
Brno
Event location
Brno
Event date
Jan 1, 2020
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
UT code for WoS article
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