Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

The project of a research into the Members and Senators of the CR Parliament in its third term was a part of long-term monitoring of a development of the new Czech parliamentarianism and new political elite. It was continuous with the research into the Members of the first and second Parliaments. The research brought data concerning democratic values of the Deputies, their attitudes towards the role of various parliamentary and outside entities and persons, political parties, their apparatuses and clubs, their influence on decisions of the MP’s; further concerning the ways of decision-taking of the MP’s, their sources of information and timetables, contacts with voters and political entities, evaluation of main functions of the Parliament, preparation for the entry into NATO and EU.