Dan Ryšavý
Biographic Data
| ID | 4384359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dan Ryšavý |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ryšavý |
| SIGNATURE | RYŠAVÝ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Palacký University Olomouc |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3154-4786 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
What Differentiates the Ethnic Tolerance of Czech University Students? The Role of Field of Study, Family Background, Gender and Friendship
Working in the context of a rather ethnically homogeneous country, this study examines what differentiates the social distance of university students towards Arab, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and Roma populations. The hitherto neglected effect of the field of study is also of special concern. The authors analysed the results of a large online survey of 3,912 PalackĂ ̋ University students in the Czech Republic. Inspired by Bogardus’s social distance sca…
Empowering through regional funds? The impact of Europe on subnational governance in the Czech Republic
This contribution offers an evaluation of subnational governance change in the Czech Republic in the context of a domestic response to Europeanization dynamics employing both the top-down and bottom-up approach. We do not find much evidence of a substantial empowerment of the regional level, but that the central government is still a gatekeeper. The regions have experienced both centralized and decentralized forms (temporal empowerment) of EU’s s…
Career politicians a dozen years after regionalisation of the Czech Republic (2000–13)
This study compares three groups of full-time politicians in the Czech Republic. Two of these – MPs and mayors – came into existence in the early 1990s immediately after the fall of the communist regime, and the third, here referred to as county full-time politicians, appeared only at the turn of the millennium. To investigate their profiles and careers, a database was created from a wide range of sources, such as election results, county council…
Czech Counties after a Dozen Years of Regionalization: Continuity and Novelties after County Elections 2012
County elections 2012 in the Czech Republic displayed a mixture of continuity and novelties. Since 2000 four county elections have been mid-term elections and their results have supported second-order elections theory. The Civic Democratic Party of Václav Klaus, who was one of the biggest opponents of the introduction of decentralization, won the first county elections in 2000. After a dozen years, in 2012, the largest number of mandates was obta…
Size and Local Democracy: The Case of Czech Municipal Representatives
The municipal structure of the Czech Republic experienced a wave of fragmentation after the fall of the communist regime. As a result, most Czech municipalities today have populations of only a few hundred inhabitants. This situation creates specific conditions for the democratic functioning of local representative bodies. In this paper we focus on two features of Czech local government. First, we deal with electoral competitiveness in Czech muni…
Political Party Members, Non-members and Independents in the Czech Municipal Assemblies
In the Czech Republic, associations of independent candidates play an exceptional role in local politics; in fact, members of such associations are the most common type of politician in the country. Even the large political parties do have enough members to put together candidate lists in most municipalities without the help of candidates not affiliated to any political party. This article demonstrates the cogency of distinguishing between two ty…
Regional Political Elites - Their Origin, Characteristics and Impact
The article focuses on representatives of the regional (and most recently established) level of government in the Czech Republic. It describes the context behind the emergence of regional governments and how they differ from the local and national political levels. It notes the close personnel connection between local and regional political elites. Experience gained in local politics helps elites to succeed at the regional level. The presence of …
Municipal Is Municipal and Big Is Big! A Hypothesis about the Politicisation of Local Political Elites
Sociologists studying the renewal of local government in post-communist Central European countries have formulated a hypothesis that local politics are becoming increasingly politicised. Political scientists focusing on local coalitions have provided a tool for examining this politicisation. This article is based on a secondary analysis of research to date on local political elites and compares their outcomes with the conclusions of the author's …
Social Distance towards the Roma. The Case of University Students
Various public opinion polls and sociological surveys have displayed a high level of intolerance towards Roma in the Czech society. However, the investigators rarely record the individual level of intolerance. The Bogardus social distance scale is a classical instrument for this purpose. In its first part, the article deals with the development, usage and tests of the Bogardus scale. The second part of the article brings information from research…
Size and Local Democracy: The Case of Czech Municipal Representatives
The municipal structure of the Czech Republic experienced a wave of fragmentation after the fall of the communist regime. As a result, most Czech municipalities today have populations of only a few hundred inhabitants. This situation creates specific conditions for the democratic functioning of local representative bodies. In this paper we focus on two features of Czech local government. First, we deal with electoral competitiveness in Czech muni…
Career politicians a dozen years after regionalisation of the Czech Republic (2000–13)
This study compares three groups of full-time politicians in the Czech Republic. Two of these – MPs and mayors – came into existence in the early 1990s immediately after the fall of the communist regime, and the third, here referred to as county full-time politicians, appeared only at the turn of the millennium. To investigate their profiles and careers, a database was created from a wide range of sources, such as election results, county council…
Political Party Members, Non-members and Independents in the Czech Municipal Assemblies
In the Czech Republic, associations of independent candidates play an exceptional role in local politics; in fact, members of such associations are the most common type of politician in the country. Even the large political parties do have enough members to put together candidate lists in most municipalities without the help of candidates not affiliated to any political party. This article demonstrates the cogency of distinguishing between two ty…
Municipal Is Municipal and Big Is Big! A Hypothesis about the Politicisation of Local Political Elites
Sociologists studying the renewal of local government in post-communist Central European countries have formulated a hypothesis that local politics are becoming increasingly politicised. Political scientists focusing on local coalitions have provided a tool for examining this politicisation. This article is based on a secondary analysis of research to date on local political elites and compares their outcomes with the conclusions of the author's …
Czech Counties after a Dozen Years of Regionalization: Continuity and Novelties after County Elections 2012
County elections 2012 in the Czech Republic displayed a mixture of continuity and novelties. Since 2000 four county elections have been mid-term elections and their results have supported second-order elections theory. The Civic Democratic Party of Václav Klaus, who was one of the biggest opponents of the introduction of decentralization, won the first county elections in 2000. After a dozen years, in 2012, the largest number of mandates was obta…
Regional Political Elites - Their Origin, Characteristics and Impact
The article focuses on representatives of the regional (and most recently established) level of government in the Czech Republic. It describes the context behind the emergence of regional governments and how they differ from the local and national political levels. It notes the close personnel connection between local and regional political elites. Experience gained in local politics helps elites to succeed at the regional level. The presence of …
Social Distance towards the Roma. The Case of University Students
Various public opinion polls and sociological surveys have displayed a high level of intolerance towards Roma in the Czech society. However, the investigators rarely record the individual level of intolerance. The Bogardus social distance scale is a classical instrument for this purpose. In its first part, the article deals with the development, usage and tests of the Bogardus scale. The second part of the article brings information from research…
Empowering through regional funds? The impact of Europe on subnational governance in the Czech Republic
This contribution offers an evaluation of subnational governance change in the Czech Republic in the context of a domestic response to Europeanization dynamics employing both the top-down and bottom-up approach. We do not find much evidence of a substantial empowerment of the regional level, but that the central government is still a gatekeeper. The regions have experienced both centralized and decentralized forms (temporal empowerment) of EU’s s…
Social Distance towards the Roma. The Case of University Students
Various public opinion polls and sociological surveys have displayed a high level of intolerance towards Roma in the Czech society. However, the investigators rarely record the individual level of intolerance. The Bogardus social distance scale is a classical instrument for this purpose. In its first part, the article deals with the development, usage and tests of the Bogardus scale. The second part of the article brings information from research…
Municipal Is Municipal and Big Is Big! A Hypothesis about the Politicisation of Local Political Elites
Sociologists studying the renewal of local government in post-communist Central European countries have formulated a hypothesis that local politics are becoming increasingly politicised. Political scientists focusing on local coalitions have provided a tool for examining this politicisation. This article is based on a secondary analysis of research to date on local political elites and compares their outcomes with the conclusions of the author's …
Regional Political Elites - Their Origin, Characteristics and Impact
The article focuses on representatives of the regional (and most recently established) level of government in the Czech Republic. It describes the context behind the emergence of regional governments and how they differ from the local and national political levels. It notes the close personnel connection between local and regional political elites. Experience gained in local politics helps elites to succeed at the regional level. The presence of …
Political Party Members, Non-members and Independents in the Czech Municipal Assemblies
In the Czech Republic, associations of independent candidates play an exceptional role in local politics; in fact, members of such associations are the most common type of politician in the country. Even the large political parties do have enough members to put together candidate lists in most municipalities without the help of candidates not affiliated to any political party. This article demonstrates the cogency of distinguishing between two ty…
Czech Counties after a Dozen Years of Regionalization: Continuity and Novelties after County Elections 2012
County elections 2012 in the Czech Republic displayed a mixture of continuity and novelties. Since 2000 four county elections have been mid-term elections and their results have supported second-order elections theory. The Civic Democratic Party of Václav Klaus, who was one of the biggest opponents of the introduction of decentralization, won the first county elections in 2000. After a dozen years, in 2012, the largest number of mandates was obta…
Size and Local Democracy: The Case of Czech Municipal Representatives
The municipal structure of the Czech Republic experienced a wave of fragmentation after the fall of the communist regime. As a result, most Czech municipalities today have populations of only a few hundred inhabitants. This situation creates specific conditions for the democratic functioning of local representative bodies. In this paper we focus on two features of Czech local government. First, we deal with electoral competitiveness in Czech muni…
Career politicians a dozen years after regionalisation of the Czech Republic (2000–13)
This study compares three groups of full-time politicians in the Czech Republic. Two of these – MPs and mayors – came into existence in the early 1990s immediately after the fall of the communist regime, and the third, here referred to as county full-time politicians, appeared only at the turn of the millennium. To investigate their profiles and careers, a database was created from a wide range of sources, such as election results, county council…
Empowering through regional funds? The impact of Europe on subnational governance in the Czech Republic
This contribution offers an evaluation of subnational governance change in the Czech Republic in the context of a domestic response to Europeanization dynamics employing both the top-down and bottom-up approach. We do not find much evidence of a substantial empowerment of the regional level, but that the central government is still a gatekeeper. The regions have experienced both centralized and decentralized forms (temporal empowerment) of EU’s s…
What Differentiates the Ethnic Tolerance of Czech University Students? The Role of Field of Study, Family Background, Gender and Friendship
Working in the context of a rather ethnically homogeneous country, this study examines what differentiates the social distance of university students towards Arab, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and Roma populations. The hitherto neglected effect of the field of study is also of special concern. The authors analysed the results of a large online survey of 3,912 PalackĂ ̋ University students in the Czech Republic. Inspired by Bogardus’s social distance sca…
Political science (8 works) · Czech (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (4 works)