Manoeuvring towards Success: Reconstruction of the State and Its Effective Campaign Countering Corruption and State Capture

• Published in: Sociologický časopis Vol. 59; no. 6; pp. 593 - 616
• Main Authors: Mazák, Jaromír, Němcová, Lucie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Prague AV ČR Czech Academy of Sciences - Institute of Sociology 01.01.2023; AV ČR - Akademie věd České republiky - Sociologický ústav; Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
• Subjects: Advocacy; Answers; Campaigns; Candidates; Case studies; Civil society; Corruption; Corruption - Transparency - Anti-Corruption; Corruption in government; Elections; Foreign aid; Legislation; Legislatures; Parliaments; Political activism; Politics / Political Sciences; Success; Tactics; Czech Republic; state capture; Central and Eastern Europe (CEE); civil society; anticorruption; advocacy campaign; transparency

In the period from 2013 to 2017, the Czech Parliament passed five bills against corruption. A civil initiative called Reconstruction of the State was heavily involved in the process. Before the 2013 elections, the initiative prompted the candidates running for an MP mandate to publicly commit to sup...