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Local Identity or Economic Benefits? The Municipal Splits in the Czech Republic

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  • Lysek Jakub

    (Department of Politics and European Studies, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic)

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This paper studies 38 splits that occurred between 1995 and 2020 in the Czech Republic. Although the initial splits, that took place during the time of democratic transition, were driven by perceived local identity and the historical memory of being a former independent municipality, the splits after 1995 were predominantly driven by economic factors, be it objective underinvestment and a perceived grievance that the mother municipality was not taking care of its fringe parts. In all cases, the mother municipality had failed to communicate with the initiator of a referendum. However, if the central municipality invested in its parts and its political leaders communicated with its citizens, the municipality did not lose its part despites the attempts of secessionist leaders.

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  • Lysek Jakub, 2021. "Local Identity or Economic Benefits? The Municipal Splits in the Czech Republic," Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, Sciendo, vol. 25(1), pages 18-27, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:vrs:mgrsod:v:25:y:2021:i:1:p:18-27:n:1
    DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2020-0042
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