Political Parties in the Czech Countryside: What Role do they Still Play?

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/euco-2025-0029" target="_blank" >https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/euco-2025-0029</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/euco-2025-0029" target="_blank" >10.2478/euco-2025-0029</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Political Parties in the Czech Countryside: What Role do they Still Play?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article examines the changing role of political parties at the local level in the Czech Republic, focusing on municipalities with fewer than 500 inhabitants. Based on a quantitative analysis of over 3,400 municipalities in the 2010–2022 local elections and interviews with mayors, the study shows that independent candidates dominate local elections and that the number of candidates affiliated with political parties declines with each election. Parties have largely abandoned programmatic roles, limiting their involvement to candidate nominations and links to higher political levels. A seven-type classification captures how parties persist symbolically and pragmatically in rural governance. The limited involvement of political parties reflects the distinctive nature of local governance, where informal networks and non-partisan initiatives often take precedence over party politics.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Political Parties in the Czech Countryside: What Role do they Still Play?

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article examines the changing role of political parties at the local level in the Czech Republic, focusing on municipalities with fewer than 500 inhabitants. Based on a quantitative analysis of over 3,400 municipalities in the 2010–2022 local elections and interviews with mayors, the study shows that independent candidates dominate local elections and that the number of candidates affiliated with political parties declines with each election. Parties have largely abandoned programmatic roles, limiting their involvement to candidate nominations and links to higher political levels. A seven-type classification captures how parties persist symbolically and pragmatically in rural governance. The limited involvement of political parties reflects the distinctive nature of local governance, where informal networks and non-partisan initiatives often take precedence over party politics.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50401 - Sociology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA20-07822S" target="_blank" >GA20-07822S: Změna politické krajiny - sdružení nezávislých kandidátů ve volbách do zastupitelstev obcí v ČR</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

European Countryside

ISSN

1803-8417

e-ISSN

1803-8417

Svazek periodika

17

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

4

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

18

Strana od-do

571-588

Kód UT WoS článku

001649864900001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105026801187