The Political System in the Czech Republic

C 2012

The Political System in the Czech Republic

BALÍK, Stanislav, Jan HOLZER and Vít HLOUŠEK

Basic information

Original name

The Political System in the Czech Republic

Authors

BALÍK, Stanislav (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Jan HOLZER (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Vít HLOUŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Trnava, Lublin, Political Systems of Visegrad Group Countries, p. 13-41, 29 pp. mimo edice, 2012

Publisher

University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

Poland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/12:00062956

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

ISBN

978-80-8105-434-1

Keywords in English

political system; Czech Republic; constitution; legislative power; executive power; judicical branch; local government; electoral system; party system

Abstract

V originále

Legislative power in the CR is invested in a bicameral Parliament, which is the sole and exclusive legislative body of the CR. The chambers have different system for electing members, and asymmetrical forms of political composition. In the Czech Republic the key institution directly legitimized by elections is the Parliament, while the legitimacy of the executive is derived from that of Parliament. However, the organs of executive power play an important formal and informal political role. The Czech executive is dualistic; the President of the Republic is the head of state; alongside is the government headed by its Premier, who is answerable to the Parliament. Until 2013 the President has been elected by the Parliament at a joint meeting of the both chambers, for a term of five years, with a two-term limit. From 2013 there will be changed the mode of election and the president will be elected directly. The decisive role within the executive branch in the Czech is played by the government. The position of the prime minister is formally and traditionally relatively strong. Within the judiciary branch there is an internal division of power between the Constitutional Court and regular jurisprudence. In the CR local government has two levels, regional and municipal. On both levels a mixed system of public administration is established, where together within the framework of a single institutional structure, both local self-government and to a certain extent regional self-government, as well as local state administration, are conducted. The role of political parties in the Czech political system is key. The Czech Republic is classified as a party-controlled parliamentarianism, in which the political parties play an important role in the process of forming and leading governments.

Links

MSM0021622407, plan (intention)

Name: Politické strany a reprezentace zájmů v soudobých evropských demokraciích

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Political Parties and The Representation of Interests in Contemporary European Democracies

Citovat

BALÍK, Stanislav, Jan HOLZER and Vít HLOUŠEK. The Political System in the Czech Republic. In Political Systems of Visegrad Group Countries. Trnava, Lublin: University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 2012, p. 13-41. mimo edice. ISBN 978-80-8105-434-1.

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BALÍK, Stanislav, Jan HOLZER and Vít HLOUŠEK. The Political System in the Czech Republic. In \textit{Political Systems of Visegrad Group Countries}. Trnava, Lublin: University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava, The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, 2012, p.~13-41. mimo edice. ISBN~978-80-8105-434-1.

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