The paper focuses on the interpretation of the causes, forms, and bearers of political change which, at the local level, led to the promotion of good governance, characterized by a high degree of transparency, openness, and efficiency. Conceptually, the research has drawn upon the complementary concepts of civil society, and focused on the small size towns (5 to 15 thousand) in the Czech Republic. A multiple-case methodology was applied, and it combined use of both qualitative and quantitative methods. Among the most important findings was that (1) political elites were confronted with a civic environment which was imbued by negative and protest-like feedbacks, and nearly lacked the matter-of-fact civic feedbacks; that (2) the political factions performed many crucial both manifest and latent functions; that (3) parents with small children were among the most active civic groups when it comes to shaping public space; that (4) in terms of the general public, a clear correlation between the level of education, and a sense for plurality of opinions and interests was surprisingly not found; and (5) in the metropolitan suburban environment, compared with the smalltown environment, a higher concentration of opinion leaders resulted both in the greater frequency and intensity of protest participation, and into a more uneasy accumulation of political reputation. The results of analysis also verified the selection of the studied cases; they have been indeed characterized by a high degree of good governance attributes.