Incumbency in Multi-level Political Systems and Recruitment Advantage: The Case of the Czech Regional Assemblies

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.13060/00380288.2016.52.3.259" target="_blank" >10.13060/00380288.2016.52.3.259</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Incumbency in Multi-level Political Systems and Recruitment Advantage: The Case of the Czech Regional Assemblies

Original language description

The article addresses the differential recruitment advantages of individual candidates in regional assembly elections. The authors argue that in a multi-level polity different types of incumbency exist that are reflected in the recruitment process, favour officeholders over newcomers, and at the same time differentiate the accessibility of regional offices for officeholders at various system levels. Moreover, it is argued that the effect of multi-level incumbency can be well observed even in proportional electoral systems. Empirically, the impact of incumbency on a candidate’s chances to succeed in the recruitment process and to obtain preferential votes is analysed using regional assembly elections in the Czech Republic in 2012 as an example. The authors demonstrate that regional incumbents enjoy by a huge margin advantage during the candidate nomination phase and they are the most favoured group at the ballot followed by national-level politicians and big city mayors.

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

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review

ISSN

0038-0288

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

52

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

25

Pages from-to

267-291

UT code for WoS article

000382098200001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84989252438