Petra Svačinová
Biographic Data
| ID | 3081972 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Petra Svačinová |
| GIVEN NAMES | Petra |
| FAMILY NAME | Svačinová |
| SIGNATURE | SVAČINOVÁ P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hradec Králové |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0988-4901 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Does it matter who is in charge? Ministerial characteristics and pledge fulfilment
Pledge fulfilment studies frequently anticipate that party control of a given ministry increases the chance campaign promises within that brief will be enacted. However, existing evidence is mixed, and few studies have looked beyond ministers’ partisan affiliation. It stands to reason that other personal and political characteristics may influence ministers’ ability and motivation to pursue manifesto commitments from within government. Following …
Practice makes ‘perfect’? The effect of committee specialization on the complexity of parliamentary speeches
The complexity of parliamentary speeches is usually interpreted as an MP’s electoral strategy. We take the prism of parliamentary specialization and connect it to the use of issue-specific jargon learned during parliamentary work. We expect that membership in a parliamentary committee and increased experience within it increases the complexity of an MP’s speech about committee-related issues, and that the effect of the work in the committee is st…
Vicious circle of peripheries
Merged municipalities create unequal opportunities for sub‐municipal units according to their relative size and administrative centrality. Because electoral manifestos provide the basis for policy‐making on services, we analyse how the mentions of different sub‐municipal units are distributed in manifestos. We analyze the manifestos of 381 parties in 82 amalgamated municipalities in the 2022 local elections in Czechia, focussing on the effects of…
Arguing in their own way or adapting to the masculine world? An analysis of male and female argumentative styles in the Czech Chamber of Deputies
This article is focused on the differences in argumentation of male and female MPs and the impact of parliamentary experience and party ideology. Our pragma-dialectical analysis of argumentation encompasses 150 parliamentary speeches in the Czech Chamber of Deputies (2017–2019). The results show that gender does not influence the number of concrete arguments in the speeches, but women use slightly more abstract arguments. Speeches of senior femal…
The Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic Perceptions on Voter Turnout in the Czech Republic
This article answers the question how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced voter turnout on the individual level in the Czech 2020 regional election. Several hypotheses connected to perceived danger caused by the pandemic on a voter’s decision to vote or not are tested. It is expected that perceived danger of the pandemic deters people from attending an election, and that such a constraint would be higher for those who know many infected people than …
What makes a good minister of a political party? Impact of party- and field-related experience on party pledge fulfilment
The article examines the effect of the personal characteristics of ministers on their party and coalition partners' pledge fulfilment. Partisanship and additional party-related experience is expected to help party pledge fulfilment. Previous field-related experience should additionally open up the space for alternative principals. However, partisan motivation should be the leading mechanism for the behaviour of the minister – and field-related ex…
Czech Democracy in the New Millennium
This book assesses the quality of Czech democracy relative to both its postcommunist peers and older EU members. Motivated by the authoritarian tendencies and illiberal outcomes in the postcommunist region, it explores the extent to which the Czech Republic is genuinely an outlier within the region and why. The book elaborates on an original conception of democratic quality that emphasizes three aspects of governance: citizen rule, political equa…
The effects of deliberation in Czech Pirate Party
The Czech Pirate Party is one of the most electorally successful Pirate parties in the world. In this article, we analyse the effect of its intra-party deliberation preceding participation in an executive coalition in the second biggest Czech city, Brno, after the 2018 local election. The study relies on a combination of party open online discussions and discourse from local party elites. We focus on the effects on the coalition formation process…
Who Makes a Compromise? Adopting Pledges in Czech Coalition Agreements
Translating party pledges into coalition agreements is a crucial goal of after-election coalition negotiations. Full adoption is the best result for the bargaining party, while limited adoption is a kind of compromise forced by coalition partners, and non-adoption can be seen as a defeat. The question of what undermines the compromise and defeat in coalition agreements is, however, rarely answered. This article formulates hypotheses concerning th…
Issue Salience and Pledge Fulfilment in Minority and Majority Coalitions
The article focuses on the differences in pledge fulfilment strategies in majority and substantive minority governments. Issue ownership and dynamic agenda-setting literature are applied, expecting that government parties will focus on fulfilling the party’s most salient pledges, and also the pledges that are publicly salient for the whole electorate. Adding these expectations to the context of substantive minority governments, parties must accom…
To Be Central or Peripheral? What Matters for Political Representation in Amalgamated Municipalities
Municipal size and institutional design are important factors influencing representation at a local level. However, this has not been studied with regard to the long-term perspective. The article focuses on the effect of the center/periphery on the representation of units within an amalgamated municipality in local elections. The analysis is based on data from 2,298 amalgamated municipalities over three sets of elections (2006, 2010, 2014) in the…
Local and more local
Empty Promises? Election Promise Fulfilment among Coalition Parties in the Czech Republic between 2006 and 2015
Party mandate theory claims that parties form government coalitions so that they can fulfil their election promises. This article looks at the party mandate model as applied to the arena of post-communist Europe and at the obstacles that can prevent a party from fulfilling its mandate (the presence of a new type of party, hyperaccountability, short-lived governments). The article describes the findings from a study examining the degree to which s…
To Be Central or Peripheral? What Matters for Political Representation in Amalgamated Municipalities
Municipal size and institutional design are important factors influencing representation at a local level. However, this has not been studied with regard to the long-term perspective. The article focuses on the effect of the center/periphery on the representation of units within an amalgamated municipality in local elections. The analysis is based on data from 2,298 amalgamated municipalities over three sets of elections (2006, 2010, 2014) in the…
The effects of deliberation in Czech Pirate Party
The Czech Pirate Party is one of the most electorally successful Pirate parties in the world. In this article, we analyse the effect of its intra-party deliberation preceding participation in an executive coalition in the second biggest Czech city, Brno, after the 2018 local election. The study relies on a combination of party open online discussions and discourse from local party elites. We focus on the effects on the coalition formation process…
Local and more local
What makes a good minister of a political party? Impact of party- and field-related experience on party pledge fulfilment
The article examines the effect of the personal characteristics of ministers on their party and coalition partners' pledge fulfilment. Partisanship and additional party-related experience is expected to help party pledge fulfilment. Previous field-related experience should additionally open up the space for alternative principals. However, partisan motivation should be the leading mechanism for the behaviour of the minister – and field-related ex…
Issue Salience and Pledge Fulfilment in Minority and Majority Coalitions
The article focuses on the differences in pledge fulfilment strategies in majority and substantive minority governments. Issue ownership and dynamic agenda-setting literature are applied, expecting that government parties will focus on fulfilling the party’s most salient pledges, and also the pledges that are publicly salient for the whole electorate. Adding these expectations to the context of substantive minority governments, parties must accom…
Vicious circle of peripheries
Merged municipalities create unequal opportunities for sub‐municipal units according to their relative size and administrative centrality. Because electoral manifestos provide the basis for policy‐making on services, we analyse how the mentions of different sub‐municipal units are distributed in manifestos. We analyze the manifestos of 381 parties in 82 amalgamated municipalities in the 2022 local elections in Czechia, focussing on the effects of…
Empty Promises? Election Promise Fulfilment among Coalition Parties in the Czech Republic between 2006 and 2015
Party mandate theory claims that parties form government coalitions so that they can fulfil their election promises. This article looks at the party mandate model as applied to the arena of post-communist Europe and at the obstacles that can prevent a party from fulfilling its mandate (the presence of a new type of party, hyperaccountability, short-lived governments). The article describes the findings from a study examining the degree to which s…
The Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic Perceptions on Voter Turnout in the Czech Republic
This article answers the question how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced voter turnout on the individual level in the Czech 2020 regional election. Several hypotheses connected to perceived danger caused by the pandemic on a voter’s decision to vote or not are tested. It is expected that perceived danger of the pandemic deters people from attending an election, and that such a constraint would be higher for those who know many infected people than …
Who Makes a Compromise? Adopting Pledges in Czech Coalition Agreements
Translating party pledges into coalition agreements is a crucial goal of after-election coalition negotiations. Full adoption is the best result for the bargaining party, while limited adoption is a kind of compromise forced by coalition partners, and non-adoption can be seen as a defeat. The question of what undermines the compromise and defeat in coalition agreements is, however, rarely answered. This article formulates hypotheses concerning th…
Empty Promises? Election Promise Fulfilment among Coalition Parties in the Czech Republic between 2006 and 2015
Party mandate theory claims that parties form government coalitions so that they can fulfil their election promises. This article looks at the party mandate model as applied to the arena of post-communist Europe and at the obstacles that can prevent a party from fulfilling its mandate (the presence of a new type of party, hyperaccountability, short-lived governments). The article describes the findings from a study examining the degree to which s…
Local and more local
Czech Democracy in the New Millennium
This book assesses the quality of Czech democracy relative to both its postcommunist peers and older EU members. Motivated by the authoritarian tendencies and illiberal outcomes in the postcommunist region, it explores the extent to which the Czech Republic is genuinely an outlier within the region and why. The book elaborates on an original conception of democratic quality that emphasizes three aspects of governance: citizen rule, political equa…
The effects of deliberation in Czech Pirate Party
The Czech Pirate Party is one of the most electorally successful Pirate parties in the world. In this article, we analyse the effect of its intra-party deliberation preceding participation in an executive coalition in the second biggest Czech city, Brno, after the 2018 local election. The study relies on a combination of party open online discussions and discourse from local party elites. We focus on the effects on the coalition formation process…
Who Makes a Compromise? Adopting Pledges in Czech Coalition Agreements
Translating party pledges into coalition agreements is a crucial goal of after-election coalition negotiations. Full adoption is the best result for the bargaining party, while limited adoption is a kind of compromise forced by coalition partners, and non-adoption can be seen as a defeat. The question of what undermines the compromise and defeat in coalition agreements is, however, rarely answered. This article formulates hypotheses concerning th…
Issue Salience and Pledge Fulfilment in Minority and Majority Coalitions
The article focuses on the differences in pledge fulfilment strategies in majority and substantive minority governments. Issue ownership and dynamic agenda-setting literature are applied, expecting that government parties will focus on fulfilling the party’s most salient pledges, and also the pledges that are publicly salient for the whole electorate. Adding these expectations to the context of substantive minority governments, parties must accom…
To Be Central or Peripheral? What Matters for Political Representation in Amalgamated Municipalities
Municipal size and institutional design are important factors influencing representation at a local level. However, this has not been studied with regard to the long-term perspective. The article focuses on the effect of the center/periphery on the representation of units within an amalgamated municipality in local elections. The analysis is based on data from 2,298 amalgamated municipalities over three sets of elections (2006, 2010, 2014) in the…
Arguing in their own way or adapting to the masculine world? An analysis of male and female argumentative styles in the Czech Chamber of Deputies
This article is focused on the differences in argumentation of male and female MPs and the impact of parliamentary experience and party ideology. Our pragma-dialectical analysis of argumentation encompasses 150 parliamentary speeches in the Czech Chamber of Deputies (2017–2019). The results show that gender does not influence the number of concrete arguments in the speeches, but women use slightly more abstract arguments. Speeches of senior femal…
The Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic Perceptions on Voter Turnout in the Czech Republic
This article answers the question how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced voter turnout on the individual level in the Czech 2020 regional election. Several hypotheses connected to perceived danger caused by the pandemic on a voter’s decision to vote or not are tested. It is expected that perceived danger of the pandemic deters people from attending an election, and that such a constraint would be higher for those who know many infected people than …
What makes a good minister of a political party? Impact of party- and field-related experience on party pledge fulfilment
The article examines the effect of the personal characteristics of ministers on their party and coalition partners' pledge fulfilment. Partisanship and additional party-related experience is expected to help party pledge fulfilment. Previous field-related experience should additionally open up the space for alternative principals. However, partisan motivation should be the leading mechanism for the behaviour of the minister – and field-related ex…
Does it matter who is in charge? Ministerial characteristics and pledge fulfilment
Pledge fulfilment studies frequently anticipate that party control of a given ministry increases the chance campaign promises within that brief will be enacted. However, existing evidence is mixed, and few studies have looked beyond ministers’ partisan affiliation. It stands to reason that other personal and political characteristics may influence ministers’ ability and motivation to pursue manifesto commitments from within government. Following …
Practice makes ‘perfect’? The effect of committee specialization on the complexity of parliamentary speeches
The complexity of parliamentary speeches is usually interpreted as an MP’s electoral strategy. We take the prism of parliamentary specialization and connect it to the use of issue-specific jargon learned during parliamentary work. We expect that membership in a parliamentary committee and increased experience within it increases the complexity of an MP’s speech about committee-related issues, and that the effect of the work in the committee is st…
Vicious circle of peripheries
Merged municipalities create unequal opportunities for sub‐municipal units according to their relative size and administrative centrality. Because electoral manifestos provide the basis for policy‐making on services, we analyse how the mentions of different sub‐municipal units are distributed in manifestos. We analyze the manifestos of 381 parties in 82 amalgamated municipalities in the 2022 local elections in Czechia, focussing on the effects of…
Political science (13 works) · Law (12 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (11 works) · Politics (11 works) · Czech (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Public Administration (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (5 works)