Publication details
Personalizace volebního systému v návrzích volebních reforem v České republice
| Title in English | Personalisation of Electoral System in Electoral Reform Proposals in the Czech Republic |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2015 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Evropská volební studia |
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| Citation | |
| Web | http://volebnistudia.cz/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/EVS_2015_1-3.pdf |
| Field | Political sciences |
| Keywords | electoral reform; unrealized electoral reform; personalization of electoral systems |
| Description | While more than 20 years of discussions of the electoral system reform for the first-order election in the Czech Republic, were focused on solving problems creating the national government, currently, it appears that electoral reform should deal primarily with dissatisfaction of citizens with the state of democracy (democratic culture) in the Czech Republic. Citizens and politicians believe that strengthening elements of personalization in electoral mechanism settings will lead to a greater focus on individual candidates and therefore politics, they represent establish a stronger relationship between the candidates (MPs) and voters and increasing personal accountability of those who are selected, a positive contribution to (re)building the Czech democracy. Four selected proposals of electoral reform of the first-order election in the Czech Republic are evaluating by using Shugart’s typology of personalization of electoral systems. |
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