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Incumbency in Multi-level Political Systems and Recruitment Advantage: The Case of the Czech Regional Assemblies

SYSNO ASEP	0464247
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Incumbency in Multi-level Political Systems and Recruitment Advantage: The Case of the Czech Regional Assemblies
Author(s)	Bernard, Josef (SOU-Z)_{RID, ORCID, SAI} Šafr, Jiří (SOU-Z)_{RID, ORCID, SAI}
Source Title	Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review. - : Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v. v. i. - ISSN 0038-0288 Roč. 52, č. 3 (2016), s. 267-291
Number of pages	25 s.
Publication form	Print - P
Language	eng - English
Country	CZ - Czech Republic
Keywords	incumbency ; legislative recruitment ; multi-level political system
Subject RIV	AD - Politology ; Political Sciences
R&D Projects	GAP404/12/0714 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Institutional support	SOU-Z - RVO:68378025
UT WOS	000382098200001
EID SCOPUS	84989252438
DOI	10.13060/00380288.2016.52.3.259
Annotation	The article addresses the differential recruitment advantages of individual candidates in regional assembly elections. The authors argue that in a multi-level polity different types of incumbency exist that are reflected in the recruitment process, favour officeholders over newcomers, and at the same time differentiate the accessibility of regional offices for officeholders at various system levels. Moreover, it is argued that the effect of multi-level incumbency can be well observed even in proportional electoral systems. Empirically, the impact of incumbency on a candidate’s chances to succeed in the recruitment process and to obtain preferential votes is analysed using regional assembly elections in the Czech Republic in 2012 as an example. The authors demonstrate that regional incumbents enjoy by a huge margin advantage during the candidate nomination phase and they are the most favoured group at the ballot followed by national-level politicians and big city mayors.
Workplace	Institute of Sociology
Contact	Eva Nechvátalová, eva.nechvatalova@soc.cas.cz, Tel.: 222 220 924 / linka 351
Year of Publishing	2017
Electronic address	http://sreview.soc.cas.cz/uploads/6184b97b7357aa4e289089fff7852b7d898290d9_16-3-02Bernard15.indd.pdf

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