HODNOTOVÉ POSTOJE ZASTUPITELŮ JAKO PROMĚNNÁ MÍSTNÍHO ROZVOJE
VALUE ATTITUDES OF COUNCILLORS AS A VARIABLE OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT

Author(s): Radek Kopřiva, Sylvie Kobzev Kotásková
Subject(s): Politics, Governance, Economic development
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: value attitudes; representatives; local government; decision-making; local development;
Summary/Abstract: The post is dedicated to municipal councillors as important actors of local development. It traces their value attitudes in an attempt to contribute to the debate on the endogenous variables of municipal development perspectives. The purpose of the post is to assess the influence of selected variables (mainly party affiliation and gender of the councillor) on the internal value consistency of the defined groups of councillors. The paper is based on data collected through a questionnaire survey. Factor analysis is used to identify factors describing the value dimensions of the respondent population. Using regression analysis, the relationship between the selected variables and the value attitudes of the representatives is assessed. The results of the survey show different groups of councillors. Some political parties are characterized by internal homogeneity in the value attitudes of their members who serve as municipal representatives, and it is clear that certain issues are important to these parties. Other political parties are apparently unanchored in values. The other variables chosen do not appear to be factors in the internal value homogeneity of the defined groups of councillors.

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