Revised throughout, the second edition of this comprehensive and highly respected
textbook continues to provide a thorough introduction to European and European Union …

The Czech 2020 regional elections were won by ANO, a party led by prime minister Andrej
Babiš. ANO received a plurality of votes in 10 of the 13 regions, but joined the regional …

This contribution offers an evaluation of subnational governance change in the Czech
Republic in the context of a domestic response to Europeanization dynamics employing …

Holding two second-order elections simultaneously is expected to increase electoral
participation. We exploit a natural experiment in which one group of Czech precincts was “as …

ABSTRACT The Czech Republic is one of the several countries in the world and the only
unitary democratic state allowing regions to initiate legislation without limits. Despite this, a …

This chapter analyzes the regional elections held in the Czech Republic in 2000, 2004,
2008, and 2012. Regional elections appear to be highly nationalized and second-order …

In contrast to many other Central and Eastern European countries which suffered from
marked instability and fluidity of their party politics, the Czech party system was relatively …

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 …

Almost three decades after the regime change in Central and Eastern Europe, some of the
political parties that were successors of the communists continue to enjoy important electoral …

The goal of this paper is to describe linguistic and issue differences in election manifestos of
the parties involved in the Czech 2012 regional election and contribute to a better …