Zdenka Mansfeldová
Biographic Data
| ID | 4122893 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zdenka Mansfeldová |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zdenka |
| FAMILY NAME | Mansfeldová |
| SIGNATURE | MANSFELDOVÁ Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0229-4319 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The changing dynamics of executive and legislative relations during the pandemic: A comparison of the Czech and Slovak Republics
The Disruptive Effects of Polarization on the Law-Making Process
From an alternative to a dominant form of local political actors? Independent candidates in the Czech local elections in 2010–2018
This article aims to contribute to the debate on the rise of independents in local politics and the underlying factors driving this trend in Europe by investigating the situation in Czechia, a post-communist country with a highly fragmented local government system. This study uses statistical analyses of electoral data from the 2010, 2014 and 2018 local elections to test the relevance of supply-side and demand-side explanations of the rise of ind…
Independents in local politics – voter turnout, competitiveness, and party-system effects
Denationalisation and the rise of independent lists are strong trends in the local politics of many European countries, but little is known about their implications. Using the example of Czechia, we examine several effects of this trend, focussing on two questions: 1) What impact does the growing number of independents have on voter turnout? 2) How does this trend affect competitiveness and the party system? Using data on electoral results in Cze…
Central European Parliaments over Two Decades – Diminishing Stability? Parliaments in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia
This paper compares the development in four Central European parliaments (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia) in the second decade after the fall of communism. At the end of the first decade, the four parliaments could be considered stabilised, functional, independent and internally organised institutions. Attention is paid particularly to the changing institutional context and pressure of 'Europeanisation', the changing party strength…
Identity Formation of Elites in Old and New Member States (with a Special Focus on the Czech Elite)
The European Union (EU) and the concept of creating a new supranational political institution has been going through an unusually dynamic period of development in recent years. It has to do not onl
The Parliament of the Czech Republic, 1993–2004
The first decade of the Czech democratic parliament has seen the development of a newly conceptualised, bicameral parliament in a new state. We identify general tendencies towards stabilisation similar to Western European parliamentary practices. Another trend is the gradual change from organising the parliament according to the majority principle to that of consensus. There is also a long-term clash over the powers of the Senate and a gradual er…
Executive-Legislative Relations in the Budgeting Process in the Czech Republic
The budget is the government's key policy document. Negotiations on the budget can be taken as a case study to analyse the bargaining process in legislative institutions, reflecting the various clashes between political and partial interests in parliament and in parliamentary committees. The distribution of political power in parliament is a crucial factor: if a minority cabinet is in power, coalition-building is a key issue in budget bargaining.…
Czech Republic
Postcommunist Democracy: Legacies and Outcomes
The State of Research on Political Parties
Over the past ten or twelve years, research on political parties has developed in all Central and East European (CEE) countries. Because the prerequisite for this research is the formation and existence of competing political entities, research on political parties did not come into being until after 1989. In this brief article, I focus on the development of political parties research in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. I provide…
Czech Republic
The Relationship of Members of the Czech Parliament to Voters as a Matter of Vertical Accountability
The article presents a significant portion of the research on the deputies of the Czech Parliament carried out since the emergence of the first democratically elected Parliament and continuing through each of its terms. The subject is introduced, generally in a descriptive manner, in terminology derived from the theory of accountability, which offers the most appropriate frame of reference for interpreting the material gathered. Particularly amid…
Czech Republic
Post-Communist Party Systems: Competition, Representation, and Inter-Party Cooperation
Post-Communist Party Systems examines democratic party competition in four post-communist polities in the mid-1990s: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Legacies of pre-communist rule turn out to play as much a role in accounting for differences as the institutional differences incorporated in the new democratic rules of the game. The book demonstrates various developments within the four countries with regard to different voter ap…
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Postcommunist Democracy: Legacies and Outcomes
The Parliament of the Czech Republic, 1993–2004
The first decade of the Czech democratic parliament has seen the development of a newly conceptualised, bicameral parliament in a new state. We identify general tendencies towards stabilisation similar to Western European parliamentary practices. Another trend is the gradual change from organising the parliament according to the majority principle to that of consensus. There is also a long-term clash over the powers of the Senate and a gradual er…
Central European Parliaments over Two Decades – Diminishing Stability? Parliaments in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia
This paper compares the development in four Central European parliaments (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia) in the second decade after the fall of communism. At the end of the first decade, the four parliaments could be considered stabilised, functional, independent and internally organised institutions. Attention is paid particularly to the changing institutional context and pressure of 'Europeanisation', the changing party strength…
From an alternative to a dominant form of local political actors? Independent candidates in the Czech local elections in 2010–2018
This article aims to contribute to the debate on the rise of independents in local politics and the underlying factors driving this trend in Europe by investigating the situation in Czechia, a post-communist country with a highly fragmented local government system. This study uses statistical analyses of electoral data from the 2010, 2014 and 2018 local elections to test the relevance of supply-side and demand-side explanations of the rise of ind…
Independents in local politics – voter turnout, competitiveness, and party-system effects
Denationalisation and the rise of independent lists are strong trends in the local politics of many European countries, but little is known about their implications. Using the example of Czechia, we examine several effects of this trend, focussing on two questions: 1) What impact does the growing number of independents have on voter turnout? 2) How does this trend affect competitiveness and the party system? Using data on electoral results in Cze…
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Post-Communist Party Systems: Competition, Representation, and Inter-Party Cooperation
Post-Communist Party Systems examines democratic party competition in four post-communist polities in the mid-1990s: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Legacies of pre-communist rule turn out to play as much a role in accounting for differences as the institutional differences incorporated in the new democratic rules of the game. The book demonstrates various developments within the four countries with regard to different voter ap…
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Relationship of Members of the Czech Parliament to Voters as a Matter of Vertical Accountability
The article presents a significant portion of the research on the deputies of the Czech Parliament carried out since the emergence of the first democratically elected Parliament and continuing through each of its terms. The subject is introduced, generally in a descriptive manner, in terminology derived from the theory of accountability, which offers the most appropriate frame of reference for interpreting the material gathered. Particularly amid…
The State of Research on Political Parties
Over the past ten or twelve years, research on political parties has developed in all Central and East European (CEE) countries. Because the prerequisite for this research is the formation and existence of competing political entities, research on political parties did not come into being until after 1989. In this brief article, I focus on the development of political parties research in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland. I provide…
Postcommunist Democracy: Legacies and Outcomes
Czech Republic
Executive-Legislative Relations in the Budgeting Process in the Czech Republic
The budget is the government's key policy document. Negotiations on the budget can be taken as a case study to analyse the bargaining process in legislative institutions, reflecting the various clashes between political and partial interests in parliament and in parliamentary committees. The distribution of political power in parliament is a crucial factor: if a minority cabinet is in power, coalition-building is a key issue in budget bargaining.…
The Parliament of the Czech Republic, 1993–2004
The first decade of the Czech democratic parliament has seen the development of a newly conceptualised, bicameral parliament in a new state. We identify general tendencies towards stabilisation similar to Western European parliamentary practices. Another trend is the gradual change from organising the parliament according to the majority principle to that of consensus. There is also a long-term clash over the powers of the Senate and a gradual er…
Identity Formation of Elites in Old and New Member States (with a Special Focus on the Czech Elite)
The European Union (EU) and the concept of creating a new supranational political institution has been going through an unusually dynamic period of development in recent years. It has to do not onl
Central European Parliaments over Two Decades – Diminishing Stability? Parliaments in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia
This paper compares the development in four Central European parliaments (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovenia) in the second decade after the fall of communism. At the end of the first decade, the four parliaments could be considered stabilised, functional, independent and internally organised institutions. Attention is paid particularly to the changing institutional context and pressure of 'Europeanisation', the changing party strength…
From an alternative to a dominant form of local political actors? Independent candidates in the Czech local elections in 2010–2018
This article aims to contribute to the debate on the rise of independents in local politics and the underlying factors driving this trend in Europe by investigating the situation in Czechia, a post-communist country with a highly fragmented local government system. This study uses statistical analyses of electoral data from the 2010, 2014 and 2018 local elections to test the relevance of supply-side and demand-side explanations of the rise of ind…
Independents in local politics – voter turnout, competitiveness, and party-system effects
Denationalisation and the rise of independent lists are strong trends in the local politics of many European countries, but little is known about their implications. Using the example of Czechia, we examine several effects of this trend, focussing on two questions: 1) What impact does the growing number of independents have on voter turnout? 2) How does this trend affect competitiveness and the party system? Using data on electoral results in Cze…
The changing dynamics of executive and legislative relations during the pandemic: A comparison of the Czech and Slovak Republics
The Disruptive Effects of Polarization on the Law-Making Process
Political science (21 works) · Czech (18 works) · Law (14 works) · Law (13 works) · Linguistics (12 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Philosophy (12 works) · Politics (12 works) · Citation (11 works) · Computer Science (11 works)