Regularity and Instability. Coalition Governments in Czechia 2008-2022

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Regularity and Instability. Coalition Governments in Czechia 2008-2022

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The chapter is part of the study of coalitions and coalition governance in Central and Eastern European democracies up to date, with an analytical focus framed by difficult economic and social periods, such as the end of the economic crisis and the Coronavirus pandemic.nBetween 2008 and 2021, Czechia held four parliamentary elections but had nine governments. With one exception (Babiš I), all governments were different types of coalitions, and only two served a full term. The period under study was plagued by external and internal crises – economic, migration, and pandemic. The weak and unstable governments struggled to manage crises, personal scandals, and internal conflicts within cabinets. The lack of stability results from a fragmented party system, permanent opposition, and the relative balance between the left and the right. Between 2008 and 2021, Czechia shifted from a Coalition Compromise Model based on inter-party compromise and negotiation to a rather Dominant Prime Minister Model under Babiš. At the end of our observation period, the trend was reversed under Fiala. During the period, President Zeman transformed his formal power of appointing ministers into a de facto ‘veto power’. In a show of force, the President created several standoffs with prime ministers over refusing to name ministers. Unlike his predecessors, the current Prime Minister, Fiala, chose public confrontation in his ministerial appointment standoff with the President and won. Power struggles, not policy seeking, are a key defining feature of Czech coalition governments.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Regularity and Instability. Coalition Governments in Czechia 2008-2022

Popis výsledku anglicky

The chapter is part of the study of coalitions and coalition governance in Central and Eastern European democracies up to date, with an analytical focus framed by difficult economic and social periods, such as the end of the economic crisis and the Coronavirus pandemic.nBetween 2008 and 2021, Czechia held four parliamentary elections but had nine governments. With one exception (Babiš I), all governments were different types of coalitions, and only two served a full term. The period under study was plagued by external and internal crises – economic, migration, and pandemic. The weak and unstable governments struggled to manage crises, personal scandals, and internal conflicts within cabinets. The lack of stability results from a fragmented party system, permanent opposition, and the relative balance between the left and the right. Between 2008 and 2021, Czechia shifted from a Coalition Compromise Model based on inter-party compromise and negotiation to a rather Dominant Prime Minister Model under Babiš. At the end of our observation period, the trend was reversed under Fiala. During the period, President Zeman transformed his formal power of appointing ministers into a de facto ‘veto power’. In a show of force, the President created several standoffs with prime ministers over refusing to name ministers. Unlike his predecessors, the current Prime Minister, Fiala, chose public confrontation in his ministerial appointment standoff with the President and won. Power struggles, not policy seeking, are a key defining feature of Czech coalition governments.

Druh

C - Kapitola v odborné knize

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50601 - Political science

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LX22NPO5101" target="_blank" >LX22NPO5101: Národní institut pro výzkum socioekonomických dopadů nemocí a systémových rizik</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název knihy nebo sborníku

Coalition Politics in Central Eastern Europe: Governing in Times of Crisis

ISBN

978-1-032-35569-6

Počet stran výsledku

26

Strana od-do

68-93

Počet stran knihy

342

Název nakladatele

Routledge

Místo vydání

London

Kód UT WoS kapitoly

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