Political Power of the Czech Representatives in the European Parliament

Mielcova, Elena and Cemerkova, Sarka (2008): Political Power of the Czech Representatives in the European Parliament.

Abstract

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
• 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

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