Detailed Information on Publication Record
2024
Nervi rei publicae : local governments as economic populists?
PERNICA, Bohuslav, Jan FUKA, Robert BAŤA and Pavel ZDRAŽILBasic information
Original name
Nervi rei publicae : local governments as economic populists?
Authors
PERNICA, Bohuslav, Jan FUKA, Robert BAŤA and Pavel ZDRAŽIL
Edition
Policy Studies, Abingdon, Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2024, 0144-2872
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
50601 Political science
Country of publisher
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 2.200 in 2022
Organization unit
Faculty of Social Studies
UT WoS
999
Keywords in English
Populism; economic populism; local government; budget policy; Czech Republic
Tags
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International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 29/4/2024 14:22, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová
Abstract
V originále
This article introduces a novel Mixed Populism Indication approach to the study of economic populism in the democratic polity to examine populism at the level of local government in the Czech Republic. In particular, we apply quantitative methods to a financial data of 5804 local government units sample to assess economic populism. This quantitative selection is developed on the principles of financial analysis, which form the basis of the algorithm we propose to process financial data. This is followed by an in-depth, qualitative evaluation of election results and the spatial context of suspected cases. From the results for the municipal environment, we identify populism as strategy used by some local governments. As a part of this strategy, local authorities target outsiders (non-residents) who own property. Although this policy of hostility to outsiders goes against the rational economic interests of the residents, they support this policy in local elections. Finally, this article argues that local political leaders in small municipalities act as populists in shaping tax policy.