Career politicians a dozen years after regionalisation of the Czech Republic (2000-13)

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F16%3A33158505" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/16:33158505 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2015.1134907" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2015.1134907</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2015.1134907" target="_blank" >10.1080/13572334.2015.1134907</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Career politicians a dozen years after regionalisation of the Czech Republic (2000-13)

Original language description

This study compares three groups of full-time politicians in the Czech Republic: MPs, mayors and especially county full-time politicians. To investigate their profiles and careers, a database was created from a wide range of sources, such as election results, county council meeting reports, county and personal websites, media databases and similar. Analysis of the database showed that establishing a second tier of local government (counties) opened up career opportunities primarily for members of the main political parties who had ambitions to become full-time politicians but did not want to disengage from local network on which their political capital often rested. Like other politicians, those in the counties are predominantly middle-aged men with higher education. Furthermore, the party selectorates prefer candidates with experience in other elected positions. However, the "professional" political career frequently starts at the county level. So far, the most typical have been county politicians who hold paid positions for one or two election terms. Transitions from or to other levels of government are often discrete. With the exception of the entry of municipal professionals into county politics, these transitions involve a small circle of people. The most visible part of county politicians form the county presidents and those related with national politics. Moreover, these people often serve as the regional officials of political parties and play an important role in the recruitment of parliamentary politicians. Therefore, the effect of the newly established regional political elite on party politics should be examined in more depth. It is argued that the 'invisible majority' of full-time county politicians deserves scientific interest too, because it can have a major influence on shaping the policies and specific features of each region.

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

AO - Sociology, demography

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP404%2F12%2F0714" target="_blank" >GAP404/12/0714: Regional councils in a European perspective</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

The Journal of Legislative Studies

ISSN

1357-2334

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

22

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

29

Pages from-to

54-82

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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