Local and more local : Impact of size and organization type of
settlement units on candidacy

J 2017

Local and more local : Impact of size and organization type of settlement units on candidacy

VODA, Petr, Petra SVAČINOVÁ, Andrea SMOLKOVÁ a Stanislav BALÍK

Základní údaje

Originální název

Local and more local : Impact of size and organization type of settlement units on candidacy

Autoři

VODA, Petr (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), Petra SVAČINOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí), Andrea SMOLKOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí) a Stanislav BALÍK (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Political Geography, Elsevier, 2017, 0962-6298

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 3.495

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/17:00094649

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.02.010

UT WoS

000405153800003

Klíčová slova anglicky

Candidacy; Participation; Local democracy; Municipality; Settlement unit

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 15. 10. 2018 10:34, prof. PhDr. Stanislav Balík, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

Following current debates on the study of the quality of local government, this article focuses on the effects of settlement unit size and organizational type on candidacy in local elections within the Czech Republic. Municipal size and institutional design are traditionally seen as important factors influencing political participation at the local level. However, citizens in differently defined settlement units included in a municipality are disadvantaged differently by these factors and thus, de-motivated to participate in politics. The unit of analysis within the article is a settlement unit within a municipality. The article uses Poisson regression to estimate the effect of the absolute and relative size of the settlement unit and different organizational types of settlement unit on the relative number of candidates in the unit. The analysis is based on data from 6,124 Czech municipalities over three sets of elections. The results of the analysis show that increasing absolute size and decreasing relative size of settlement unit have negative effects on the number of candidates in units. Also the institutionally disadvantaged units (defined by the location of the municipal office within the settlement unit) produce smaller number of candidates. The results show the importance of structural factors on the traditionally neglected type of political participation (candidacy) within this field. This allows the formulation of recommendations for local government reforms, not only in the Czech Republic, but also for amalgamated municipal systems.

Návaznosti

GA15-22754S, projekt VaV

Název: Kvalita demokracie: Česká republika v komparativní perspektivě

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Kvalita demokracie: Česká republika v komparativní perspektivě

Přiložené soubory

Local_more_local.pdf

Požádat o autorskou verzi souboru

Citovat

VODA, Petr, Petra SVAČINOVÁ, Andrea SMOLKOVÁ a Stanislav BALÍK. Local and more local : Impact of size and organization type of settlement units on candidacy. Political Geography. Elsevier, 2017, roč. 59, July, s. 24-35. ISSN 0962-6298. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.02.010.

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VODA, Petr, Petra SVAČINOVÁ, Andrea SMOLKOVÁ a Stanislav BALÍK. Local and more local : Impact of size and organization type of settlement units on candidacy. \textit{Political Geography}. Elsevier, 2017, roč.~59, July, s.~24-35. ISSN~0962-6298. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2017.02.010.

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