The Discussion of Possible Savings based on the Efficiency
Argument in the Smallest Municipalities? The Case Study of the
Vysočina Region

J 2019

The Discussion of Possible Savings based on the Efficiency Argument in the Smallest Municipalities? The Case Study of the Vysočina Region

BUREŠOVÁ, Barbora a Stanislav BALÍK

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Discussion of Possible Savings based on the Efficiency Argument in the Smallest Municipalities? The Case Study of the Vysočina Region

Autoři

BUREŠOVÁ, Barbora a Stanislav BALÍK

Vydání

Politics in Central Europe, Sciendo (De Gruyter Open), 2019, 1801-3422

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Polsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

článek - open access

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/19:00110861

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2019-0020

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85074722519

Klíčová slova anglicky

Efficiency; Economies of scale; Czech local policy; municipality; municipality’s costs

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 6. 4. 2020 14:29, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

The unique municipality structure in the Czech Republic is one of the most interesting research topics in the Czech political space. The large number of municipalities with less than 1,000 or less than 500 inhabitants causes differences between Czech municipalities. There are differences in economic factors, differences in the development of municipalities, among other. All of these differences are discussed by experts, researchers and politicians in term of the efficiency of the smallest municipalities. The term ‘efficiency’ is used as the benchmark for a successful or an unsuccessful government. This research evaluates the argument of efficiency presented by Deborah Stone (2002). This argument was applied to the case of Kraj Vysočina, one of the regions with the largest number of the smallest municipalities in the Czech Republic. We analysed the selected argument of efficiency – economies of scale. Based on our quantitative analysis we have confirmed that evaluating municipalities through the prism of the economies of scale argument is not a good measurement of the efficiency of municipal government. The argument of efficiency is more complex and we cannot view it only in economics terms.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1117/2018, interní kód MU

Název: Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu V.

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu V., DO R. 2020_Kategorie A - Specifický výzkum - Studentské výzkumné projekty

Přiložené soubory

The_Discussion_of_Possible_Savings_based_on_the_Efficiency_Argument_in_the_Smallest_Municipalities.pdf

Citovat

BUREŠOVÁ, Barbora a Stanislav BALÍK. The Discussion of Possible Savings based on the Efficiency Argument in the Smallest Municipalities? The Case Study of the Vysočina Region. Politics in Central Europe. Sciendo (De Gruyter Open), 2019, roč. 15, č. 2, s. 333-354. ISSN 1801-3422. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2019-0020.

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BUREŠOVÁ, Barbora a Stanislav BALÍK. The Discussion of Possible Savings based on the Efficiency Argument in the Smallest Municipalities? The Case Study of the Vysočina Region. \textit{Politics in Central Europe}. Sciendo (De Gruyter Open), 2019, roč.~15, č.~2, s.~333-354. ISSN~1801-3422. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2019-0020.

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