Mielcova, Elena and Cemerkova, Sarka (2008): Political Power of the Czech Representatives in the European Parliament. Published in: Conference proceedings: "Four -Year Membership of Central and Eastern European Countries in the European Union: the Effects and New Calls for the National and Regional Labour Markets" (May 2008): pp. 503-509.
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The main aim of the article is to compare the power of the Czech representatives in the European Parliament with the power of representatives from other countries, and to compare the power of the Czech political parties in the Lower House of the Czech Parliament with the power of parties’ representatives as European parliamentary political group’s members.
| Item Type: | MPRA Paper |
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| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | European Parliament; Czech Parliament; political parties; power index; index of advantage; index of power advantage |
| Subjects: | H - Public Economics > H1 - Structure and Scope of Government > H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C7 - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory > C71 - Cooperative Games |
| ID Code: | 12258 |
| Deposited By: | Elena Mielcova |
| Deposited On: | 18. Dec 2008 16:57 |
| Last Modified: | 18. Dec 2008 16:57 |
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