Second-Rate Coverage of Second-Order Elections: Czech and Slovak Elections to the EP in the Media

Elections to the European Parliament (EP) are considered second-order national elections (SOE). The SOE model suggests that there is a qualitative difference between different types of elections depending on the percepti...

The Historical Development of Voting Methods: Voting Technology as a Fundamental Variable in the Election Process.

This paper examines the issue of ballot voting in elections with a focus on traditional and modern voting methods. The purpose is to provide policy analysis with a survey of the development of voting methods, from their...

Referenda o vstupu pobaltských států do EU: Vliv etnického složení na výsledky hlasování

Tendencies in the Development of Czech Armed Forces at the Turn of the Millennium

In the Czech Republic, military elites find it very difficult to persuade politicians and the public that they should spend more on defence, which is in agreement with the predictions of the theory. The decreasing willin...

The International Impact of Oil Extraction in Africa

This paper focuses on oil deposits in Africa and their impact on global politics. The role of the major international actors, the USA, China and the European Union, is discussed from the perspective of energy security af...