An international comparative quantitative survey was conducted as a part of the project. The project also examines legal norms and definitions of the excercise of civil and political rights today and historically, describes the fromation of a political identity, explores basic reasons for the passivity of individuals and social groups, and studies basic socio-demographic and attitusinal characteristics of active and passive social groups.
Project publications (total 27, displaying 21 - 27)
This study focuses on the relationship between participation and citizenship and their influence on the formation and functioning of effective representative democracy. In the first part of the study the authors introduce the theoretical framework they apply to their study of democracy, participation and citizenship.
This study explores why the third sector is an important agent for promoting civic participation and interest representation. The empirical evidence presented in a first part of the study is organized using an analytical typology based on two key criteria: (a) type of organizational structure evident within specific non-governmental actors and (b) the organisational composition of the entire third sector in the Czech Republic.
This study explores why the third sector is an important agent for promoting civic participation and interest representation. The empirical evidence presented in a first part of the study is organized using an analytical typology based on two key criteria: (a) type of organizational structure evident within specific non-governmental actors and (b) the organisational composition of the entire third sector in the Czech Republic.
The main question examined in this book is why are there relatively few Czech women involved in parliamentary politics. Using an empirical analytical approach, this study also investigates public attitudes towards the participation of women in politics in the Czech Republic. In addition, this research also outlines the barriers to women’s entrance to national politics, i.e. individual, social and institutional factors.
The text analyses the turnout in the elections to the European Parliament in the Czech Republic using aggregate level data for districts and individual-level data from a post-election survey. Electoral turnout was increased by religious confession and living in rural areas and decreased by unemployment,lower income and generally low social class. Party identification together with a sense of political efficacy increased the probability that a citizen turned out to vote.
The text utilizes voter’s dilemma approach (VDA) to electoral participation in the analysis of turnout in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. This text asks what the contribution of VDA to an individual-level explanation of participation in the European and national parliamentary elections might be, over and above the impact of explanatory variables contained in socio-demographic, political, campaign involvement and European attitude blocks.
In this article, a comparison is made between economic and identity explanations of preferences toward EU membership in the Czech Republic. This research demonstrates that economics rather then identity is a more powerful explanation of public opinion toward accession. The results presented should not be taken to imply that instrumental rather than ideological or affect based motivations determine general attitudes toward integration.
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