Control body, representative of regions, or elitist chamber of
wisdom? The perceived roles of upper chambers and the case of
the Czech Senate

J 2024

Control body, representative of regions, or elitist chamber of wisdom? The perceived roles of upper chambers and the case of the Czech Senate

HRUŠKA, Jan a Stanislav BALÍK

Základní údaje

Originální název

Control body, representative of regions, or elitist chamber of wisdom? The perceived roles of upper chambers and the case of the Czech Senate

Autoři

HRUŠKA, Jan a Stanislav BALÍK

Vydání

Journal of Legislative Studies, Abingdon, Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2024, 1357-2334

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

article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.000 v roce 2022

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2024.2355729

UT WoS

999

Klíčová slova anglicky

Bicameralism; elitism; legitimacy; perceptions; second/upper chambers; the Czech Senate

Štítky

online first

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 5. 6. 2024 09:43, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

Existing research on bicameralism has paid rather limited attention to examining the legitimacy of upper chambers. This paper addresses this research gap and examines the unintended roles of upper chambers using the case of the Czech Senate. It explains how citizens perceive the role of the upper chamber and how their perceptions can differ from the chamber’s actual role. The research employs content analysis of semi-structured interviews with two groups of citizens (30 in total). The results show that the Senate is perceived as an elitist, apolitical institution that is or should be composed of wise, experienced, and moral people. A minority of citizens perceive the Senate as a body representative of local interests. However, these perceptions do not correspond to reality. The difference between the Senate’s perceived and real role can have both negative and positive effects on the institution’s legitimacy.

Návaznosti

EF19_073/0016943, projekt VaV

Název: Interní grantová agentura Masarykovy univerzity

MUNI/A/1488/2023, interní kód MU

Název: Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu X.

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu X.

Citovat

HRUŠKA, Jan a Stanislav BALÍK. Control body, representative of regions, or elitist chamber of wisdom? The perceived roles of upper chambers and the case of the Czech Senate. Journal of Legislative Studies. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis, 2024, neuveden, neuveden, s. 1-20. ISSN 1357-2334. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2024.2355729.

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HRUŠKA, Jan a Stanislav BALÍK. Control body, representative of regions, or elitist chamber of wisdom? The perceived roles of upper chambers and the case of the Czech Senate. \textit{Journal of Legislative Studies}. Abingdon: Routledge Journals, Taylor \&{} Francis, 2024, neuveden, neuveden, s.~1-20. ISSN~1357-2334. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2024.2355729.

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