Caretaker Governments in Czech Politics: What to Do about a Government Crisis

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Authors

HLOUŠEK Vít KOPEČEK Lubomír

Year of publication 2014
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Europe-Asia Studies
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Citation
Web http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09668136.2014.941700#.VCEVr1NQRI0
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2014.941700
Field Political sciences
Keywords Caretaker Cabinets; Czech Republic; Government Crisis
Description Czech politics suffers from a low durability of most of its governments, and frequent government crises. One of the products of this situation has been the phenomenon of caretaker governments. This article analyses why political elites have resorted to this solution, and discusses how this has reflected an older Czech tradition. Two cases of such governments are analysed in detail. The Tošovský government was characterised by the ability of the Czech president to advance his agenda through this government at a time when the party elites were divided. The Fischer government was characterised by the considerably higher role of parties that shaped and limited the agenda of the cabinet, and the president played a more static role.
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