Voting under Different Rules / Governing under Different Rules

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F16%3A33163113" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/16:33163113 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://acpo.vedeckecasopisy.cz/publicFiles/001180.pdf" target="_blank" >http://acpo.vedeckecasopisy.cz/publicFiles/001180.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Voting under Different Rules / Governing under Different Rules

Original language description

The average cabinet durability in the Czech Republic stretches to about 21 months. The poor stability and efficiency of these governments has been traditionally attributed to the proportion-based electoral system. This was the single biggest source of argumentation in favour of an electoral reform. Three electoral reforms have been written into law since 1993. They are the focus of this article. The main objective of this article is to map the development of electoral reform policy in the Czech Republic. The text presents the details of a planned electoral reform, including the motivation they were based upon. It also examines if, and to what extent, an election reform is truly a lasting solution for chronically weak Czech governments. Many political scientists and political leaders still say that election reform is necessary. However, the roots of government crises show that disputes between partners frequently are not the reason. More often, internal tensions in the parties alone are to blame. Parties are not internally cohesive and are weaker for that. Therefore, it would be wrong to assume that a change of electoral system can preempt any type of government crisis.

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

<a href="/en/project/GA13-30062S" target="_blank" >GA13-30062S: Determinants of Invalid Voting in the Czech Republic in Comparison with Other Post-Communist Countries</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

Acta Politologica

ISSN

1803-8220

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

8

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

27

Pages from-to

75-101

UT code for WoS article

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EID of the result in the Scopus database

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