Jan Kovář
Biographic Data
| ID | 4191471 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan Kovář |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan |
| FAMILY NAME | Kovář |
| SIGNATURE | KOVÁŘ J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of International Relations Prague |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5267-2090 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Party Politics of EU Politicization on Social Media
Most existing research examines party politics of European Union politicization in Western European countries and relies on official party communication channels, such as manifestos or parliamentary proceedings. This study complements current knowledge by investigating how political parties politicize the European Union on social media, specifically focusing on Twitter data from the Czech Republic between 2011 and 2022. We aim to assess the exten…
The politicisation of European integration on politicians’ social media
Determinants of political polarisation in the context of democratic renewal
This article examines the dynamics of political polarisation in Poland in the context of democratic backsliding (2015–2023) and subsequent democratic renewal following the 2023 parliamentary elections. Drawing on newly released ActEU public opinion data, we demonstrate that the primary driver of polarisation during Poland’s democratic renewal was not the division between democratic and autocratic attitudes but rather a deep cultural conflict betw…
Politicisation of Immigration in Central and Eastern Europe
The research on the party politicization of immigration almost exclusively focuses on West European countries. To address the lack of studies of party politicization (hereafter understood as salience) of immigration in Central and East European countries, we investigate all the parliamentary speeches in Czechia and Slovakia between 2013 and 2017. Descriptively, we show that immigration was almost invisible before the 2015 refugee crisis. On the e…
Framing Different Groups of Immigrants in Central Europe Before and During the 2015–2017 EU Refugee Crisis
This article examines the media framing of immigrants around the 2015–2017 EU refugee crisis in two Central European countries, Czechia and Slovakia. Unlike most similar studies I investigate how framing varies regarding different migrant groups. Using quantitative content analysis, I show that security and cultural frames are most commonly employed while the opposite holds for the victimisation frame. Particular frames are, however, more frequen…
Moving Forward or Turning Back? Slovak Parties and the Future of the EU
This article explores which metaphors relevant political parties in Slovakia use when they speak about the EU's “finalité politique” by focusing on an analysis of their electoral manifestos prepared for the European Parliament elections in the period 2004–19. Based on the conceptual metaphor theory and a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods of metaphor analysis combining insights from European studies and cognitive linguistics, the ana…
Who Governs in the Council? Determinants of Ministerial Participation in Council Meetings
The Council of the EU is the primary institution through which ministers of member states can express their positions on Commission proposals and vote upon legislation. This article first examines the extent to which ministers actually attend Council meetings before moving toward investigating the determinants of ministerial participation in over a period covering almost thirteen years between May 2004 and December 2016. It aims to identify deter…
A security threat or an economic consequence? An analysis of the news framing of the European Union's refugee crisis
A developing literature on the securitisation of immigration documents the prominence of security-based framing, but its prevalence has not been systematically established in Central and Eastern Europe through an analysis of the relative importance of various immigration-related frames. Using content analysis, this study tests the securitisation of the immigration thesis in the coverage of the refugee crisis between 2013 and 2016 in Czech and Slo…
Czech party positions on the EU’s finality
Towards the European(-ised) Public Sphere
European Parliament (EP) elections fall within the category of second-order elections: because these types of elections do not lead to the formation of government there is less at stake and, consequently, voters behave differently when casting ballot. However, since the behaviour of voters in elections cannot be perceived in isolation from the behaviours of political parties and media, the question then arises if media (and political parties) als…
Candidate quality across different orders of elections
Elections to the European Parliament fall within the category of second-order elections (SOEs). Because these types of elections do not lead to the formation of government, there is less at stake and, consequently, voters behave differently when casting votes. But do also political parties also behave as if there is less at stake as voters do? This article draws on an original dataset on the political experience of party candidates in the Czech R…
A security threat or an economic consequence? An analysis of the news framing of the European Union's refugee crisis
A developing literature on the securitisation of immigration documents the prominence of security-based framing, but its prevalence has not been systematically established in Central and Eastern Europe through an analysis of the relative importance of various immigration-related frames. Using content analysis, this study tests the securitisation of the immigration thesis in the coverage of the refugee crisis between 2013 and 2016 in Czech and Slo…
Framing Different Groups of Immigrants in Central Europe Before and During the 2015–2017 EU Refugee Crisis
This article examines the media framing of immigrants around the 2015–2017 EU refugee crisis in two Central European countries, Czechia and Slovakia. Unlike most similar studies I investigate how framing varies regarding different migrant groups. Using quantitative content analysis, I show that security and cultural frames are most commonly employed while the opposite holds for the victimisation frame. Particular frames are, however, more frequen…
Candidate quality across different orders of elections
Elections to the European Parliament fall within the category of second-order elections (SOEs). Because these types of elections do not lead to the formation of government, there is less at stake and, consequently, voters behave differently when casting votes. But do also political parties also behave as if there is less at stake as voters do? This article draws on an original dataset on the political experience of party candidates in the Czech R…
Politicisation of Immigration in Central and Eastern Europe
The research on the party politicization of immigration almost exclusively focuses on West European countries. To address the lack of studies of party politicization (hereafter understood as salience) of immigration in Central and East European countries, we investigate all the parliamentary speeches in Czechia and Slovakia between 2013 and 2017. Descriptively, we show that immigration was almost invisible before the 2015 refugee crisis. On the e…
Towards the European(-ised) Public Sphere
European Parliament (EP) elections fall within the category of second-order elections: because these types of elections do not lead to the formation of government there is less at stake and, consequently, voters behave differently when casting ballot. However, since the behaviour of voters in elections cannot be perceived in isolation from the behaviours of political parties and media, the question then arises if media (and political parties) als…
Towards the European(-ised) Public Sphere
European Parliament (EP) elections fall within the category of second-order elections: because these types of elections do not lead to the formation of government there is less at stake and, consequently, voters behave differently when casting ballot. However, since the behaviour of voters in elections cannot be perceived in isolation from the behaviours of political parties and media, the question then arises if media (and political parties) als…
Candidate quality across different orders of elections
Elections to the European Parliament fall within the category of second-order elections (SOEs). Because these types of elections do not lead to the formation of government, there is less at stake and, consequently, voters behave differently when casting votes. But do also political parties also behave as if there is less at stake as voters do? This article draws on an original dataset on the political experience of party candidates in the Czech R…
Czech party positions on the EU’s finality
A security threat or an economic consequence? An analysis of the news framing of the European Union's refugee crisis
A developing literature on the securitisation of immigration documents the prominence of security-based framing, but its prevalence has not been systematically established in Central and Eastern Europe through an analysis of the relative importance of various immigration-related frames. Using content analysis, this study tests the securitisation of the immigration thesis in the coverage of the refugee crisis between 2013 and 2016 in Czech and Slo…
Moving Forward or Turning Back? Slovak Parties and the Future of the EU
This article explores which metaphors relevant political parties in Slovakia use when they speak about the EU's “finalité politique” by focusing on an analysis of their electoral manifestos prepared for the European Parliament elections in the period 2004–19. Based on the conceptual metaphor theory and a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods of metaphor analysis combining insights from European studies and cognitive linguistics, the ana…
Who Governs in the Council? Determinants of Ministerial Participation in Council Meetings
The Council of the EU is the primary institution through which ministers of member states can express their positions on Commission proposals and vote upon legislation. This article first examines the extent to which ministers actually attend Council meetings before moving toward investigating the determinants of ministerial participation in over a period covering almost thirteen years between May 2004 and December 2016. It aims to identify deter…
Politicisation of Immigration in Central and Eastern Europe
The research on the party politicization of immigration almost exclusively focuses on West European countries. To address the lack of studies of party politicization (hereafter understood as salience) of immigration in Central and East European countries, we investigate all the parliamentary speeches in Czechia and Slovakia between 2013 and 2017. Descriptively, we show that immigration was almost invisible before the 2015 refugee crisis. On the e…
Framing Different Groups of Immigrants in Central Europe Before and During the 2015–2017 EU Refugee Crisis
This article examines the media framing of immigrants around the 2015–2017 EU refugee crisis in two Central European countries, Czechia and Slovakia. Unlike most similar studies I investigate how framing varies regarding different migrant groups. Using quantitative content analysis, I show that security and cultural frames are most commonly employed while the opposite holds for the victimisation frame. Particular frames are, however, more frequen…
The Party Politics of EU Politicization on Social Media
Most existing research examines party politics of European Union politicization in Western European countries and relies on official party communication channels, such as manifestos or parliamentary proceedings. This study complements current knowledge by investigating how political parties politicize the European Union on social media, specifically focusing on Twitter data from the Czech Republic between 2011 and 2022. We aim to assess the exten…
The politicisation of European integration on politicians’ social media
Determinants of political polarisation in the context of democratic renewal
This article examines the dynamics of political polarisation in Poland in the context of democratic backsliding (2015–2023) and subsequent democratic renewal following the 2023 parliamentary elections. Drawing on newly released ActEU public opinion data, we demonstrate that the primary driver of polarisation during Poland’s democratic renewal was not the division between democratic and autocratic attitudes but rather a deep cultural conflict betw…
Politics (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Czech (6 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · European union (5 works) · Parliament (5 works)