Społeczeństwo obywatelskie a stosunek do instytucji politycznych w Republice Czeskiej
Civil society and attitudes towards political institutions in the Czech Republic

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the current state of civil society in the Czech Republic, referring primarily to social activity in the political sphere of this country. This is reflected, among other things, in the relatively low level of political participation. An important part of the deliberations are the numerous references to opinion polls and to the idea of the development of civil society and “non-political politics” formulated by Vaclav Havel.In general, the social political activity of Czech citizens is at a low level. On theone hand, this is a consequence of the systemic transformation after the fallof the communist system, and on the other hand, of a very low assessment ofthe political institutions functioning in this country (parliament, government,political parties). This, in turn, is a consequence of numerous scandals involving top-level politicians. The exception is the local level of politics, whichclearly shows that the Czechs are nevertheless interested in politics, aboveall the politics that is closest to them and that they deal with every day. They express it, for example, in very numerous local referendums.

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