This thesis has a case study deals with the development of local government in the municipality of Poříčí nad Sázavou district Benešov. The aim is to identify factors that affect the character of the political decisions made by local authorities in that municipality. The first part is devoted to the definition of basic terms concepts and characteristics of the local political system in the Czech republic based on a study of the literature. The second part is based on knowledge theoretical a part deal with socioeconomic analysis also identifies actors of the local political process and their interaction. The work includes comparison of the results of the municipal elections. Attention is focused on the development of the local political system, political participation and the formation of a municipal coalition.

The thesis is a case study dealing with the development of local government in the municipality of Bohy and is devided into theoretical and analytical part. The theoretical part defines the basic terms and issues of municipal elections, local government, local party system and typology of local models of democracy. The analytical part is primarily focused on comparing the results of the municipal elections in 1994 - 2014 and to determine the factors influencing the decision of deputies and voters in the municipality of Bohy. In line with these objectives are analyzed demographic and socioeconomic characteristics in the municipality.

The main aim of the thesis was determined to identify factors influencing political decisions of municipal government in Mníšek pod Brdy city. The Diploma Thesis is divided into three parts, the first of which is dedicated to local authorities, including their composition and powers, as well as issues of municipal elections, local political partisanship, and the participation of citizens in the conflict lines in local political space. Next part of this thesis was focused on indicators of proportionality elections and theories dealing with different views of the local coalition. The second part deals with the general characteristics of the city and its socio-economic structure. The last, main part of the Diploma Thesis is devoted to the presentation of each electoral period from 2002 till 2014. The principle of development and function of coalition within decision-making of the local government is described on the basis of analysis. In the end of the thesis factors, that influence coalition relationships and their reasons, are presented.

This thesis deals with local level of politics, the municipal politics. The objective of the thesis is to find out what factors influence development of local government in specific conditions of the Květnice village. Literature review containing theoretical basis of the thesis constitutes the first part. There are defined specific notions, for example municipal authorities, municipality, municipal electoral system, citizen participation in the political process, or suburbanization. The theoretical part, based on reference literature, is followed by the practical one. That part is specifically focused on the Květnice village. This part contains the characteristic of the village, its history, public facility and the analysis of socio-economic indicators such as number of inhabitants, age structure or scholarship, with measure of the influence on political life in the village. The practical part also includes an analysis and a comparison of elections results from 1994 to 2014 and an identification of the important political subjects, who participate on political situation.

This thesis deals with the development of the local government in the municipality of Kunvald since 1989. The theoretical part describes the basic concepts related to local government, including the urban area itself its citizens, the neighbourhood authorities, communal electoral system of Czech and the electoral right. The practical part is focused on characteristics of the community, description of its history, and the definition of the local political parties. Futhermore, it is also targeted to the local organizations and evaluates of the socio-economic indicators of the village during its participation in public life and local government. It is also proceed further analysis of the progression and outcome of the local elections of municipality named Kunvald from 1989 to 2014. The analysis describes all individual candidates, political parties, electoral participation, results and arising representatives, including the characteristics of their subsequent decision-making process who's municipal political scene will be implemented in the following election period in the organs of the municipality. In addition, the practical also describes the comparison of the results from the municipal, district, regional and national level since 1989 to 2014. Last but not least, not only it also contains analyses of active and passive usage of the voting rights, but it also includes a description of continuity and discontinuity of individual members of the municipal council called Kunvald.

The thesis is conceived as a case study. The main goal is to verify the applicability of the theory of voting behaviour in a specific sample of municipality voters in the Czech Republic. The object of the research is to determine which factors influenced the decision of voters in the municipal elections for the Town Council of Kopidlno in 2010 and 2014. The theoretical part deals with a description of the basic concepts primarily related to democracy, with a specific emphasis on the local character. The theoretical perspective further concerns with the issues of elections including characteristics of different kinds of electoral systems and accessible theories of voting behaviour. The practical part primarily characterizes the town of Kopidlno in historical, demographic and political perspective. Further, the study focuses on the local political entities. The following chapters summarize and analyze the results of the municipal elections in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. The final part summarizes the results obtained in an independent questionnaire survey used as a research tool to analyse voting behaviour of the residents of Kopidlno.

The main objective of this thesis is to analyze the voting behavior of the citizens of the city of Jičín. The theoretical part deals with local democracy, introduces the voting system or different researches of voting behavior. The mainstay of this thesis is the practical part consisting of case study, whose task is to analyze behavior of Jičín citizens. The author of this thesis determined four tasks. First one is the implementation of socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of Jičín, enabling to conclude the voting behavior of its citizens. The other task is the analysis of election results in 2006, 2010 and 2014. Further is analyzed the voter turnout in Jičín and political parties which participated in past years are introduced. The third task is the qualitative research in the form of interview with the Jičínský Demokratický Klub leader and city's councilor. In the last part is conducted quantitative research, which will enable to answer the questions, regarding election behavior of citizens of Jičín.

The political aspects of local government, case study of municipality Mirovice thesis is focused on the issue of elections to municipal Mirovice in the period between 2002 and 2014 and the voting behaviour of its inhabitants, turnout in comparison with the results from the entire district Písek and in total with the Czech Republic. The aim is to verify the applicability of the models of electoral behaviour of the population in local elections. The theoretical part contains definitions of basic concepts such as democracy, the characteristics of self-government, elections and electoral behaviour. The Practical part includes characterization of the municipality Mirovice, characteristics of its inhabitants and their participation in elections. To confirm or reject the suitability of the theory of voting behaviour the both positive and negative relations with elected parties, we will make survey as a part of the practical part of the thesis. The satisfaction of local citizens with the work of city councils takes the thesis also into consideration.

This diploma thesis is focused on the verification of the theory application coming from the conclusions of Stanislav Balíks thesis, which generalizes election behaviour during elections for local authority and it is based on an analysis of election facts in the regions of Šumperk and Jeseník. The aim of the thesis is to verify whether the theory conclusions are applicable to the results interpretation of election behaviour and the characteristics of the party system in other regions of the Czech Republic. The thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part there is worked on the theoretical and legislative conclusions and Stanislav Balíks thesis. The thesis itself starts with the basic characteristics of the region of Klatovy, its administrative and demographic structuring. The core of the thesis is the data analysis of the Czech Statistical office, concerning the elections from 1994 to 2014. The attention is paid on voter turnout at municipality elections depending on different factors and the results of the elections are discussed in detail from the point of view of the suggesting parties and the number of women in municipality politics. The last chapters include a summary of the data from the region of Klatovy, it is compared with the results of Stanislav Balíks thesis and the application of his theory in another region in the Czech Republic is discussed.

The thesis is concentrated on problems of municipal elections in the Czech Republic, especially the character of the elections in the context of the size of the municipality and knowledge of municipal electoral system. The theoretical part characterizes the municipal authorities and electoral systems used for particular types of elections in the Czech Republic. Further is aimed in detail at communal electoral system and the development of municipal election legislation to year 1990. The practical part analyzes the results of the survey and the results of the analysis of documents. At the end of the work deals with a summary of the survey results and data obtained during the census results of the election.