Authors : Radek Kopriva, Sylvie Kotaskova and Mansoor Maitah
Abstract: This study is devoted to the field of representation of social and political interests of the residents of selected municipalities. Political representatives who have a key influence on decision-making within the sub-national political levels are generally, considered those that are the most important from the viewpoint of endogenous factors in terms of local or regional development. In this context, the issue for the appointment of local political bodies appears important. A major factor in the staffing of political councils is the form of the electoral system; the normative anchoring of the municipal electoral system in the Czech Republic which is the basis of this conference contribution is usually perceived as problematic in terms of its real consequences. Using the case of the municipalities of the administrative district of the City Trhove Sviny, the purpose is to assess to what extent the representation appointed on the basis of applied preferential votes is the result of voter interest and how the voting behaviour of citizens of municipalities is distorted by the electoral system.
Radek Kopriva, Sylvie Kotaskova and Mansoor Maitah, 2015. The System of Appointment of Local Political Bodies as a Factor of Social Development. The Social Sciences, 10: 362-368.