Mezi stranou a parlamentem: o českých poslaneckých klubech
Martin Kuta
Between the party and the parliament: Czech parliamentary party groups in compara-tive perspectiveThe paper deals with the role of parliamentary party groups (PPGs) within political systems, more specifically parliamentary system of government. The author poses a question whether PPGs are of the parliamentary or the party origin. In the first part, the author conceptualizes a comparative role of PPGs in parliamentary systems. Based on the arguments of the collective action and the enforcement of voting unity of PPGs, the author embeds the PPGs in promoting party’s goals in the parliament. The second part is devoted to the analysis of Rules of Procedure of the Czech Parliaments since 1918 in order to identify the institutional position of PPGs. Further, we proceed to the analysis of party regulations. Based on both the Rules and regulations, we conclude that PPGs’ role consists in coordination of deputies’ activities and promoting of party goals (i.e. enforcement of collective action), and therefore may be embedded in the party basis of political process.
