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Lukáš Hájek
The Czech Republic is one of the several countries in the world and the onlyunitary democratic state allowing regions to initiate legislation without limits.Despite this, a study of Czech regional initiatives has yet to be written.Therefore, this paper delivers a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenon.The results show that the activity and success rates of the regions differsubstantially. The probability of a regional proposal is positively affected bythe region’s legislative strength in the Chamber of Deputies and theopposition status of the region’s governor. In contrast, it is negatively affectedby the distance from Prague. The chances of adopting the regional initiativesubstantially decrease if a proposal suggests a shared rule instrumentcompared to self-rule ones. Overall, the article argues that while regionallegislative activity in (con)federal states is affected mainly by regionaliststrategic politics, the process in the unitary state is more result-oriented.
