Spatial Differentiation of Social Capital: A Case Study of Peripheral and Rural Microregions in Czechia

Marada, Miroslav; Chromý, Pavel; Jančák, Vít; Havlíček, Tomáš; Pileček, Jan

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“…Regional variations in social capital have been the subject of numerous studies in Czechia (e.g. Sýkora, Matoušek 2009;Jančák et al 2008;Jančák et al 2010;Chromý, Skála 2010;Majerová, Kostelecký, Sýkora 2011;Pileček, Chromý, Jančák 2013;Marada et al 2019). The relative significance of social and human capital was found by Hampl, Dostál, and Drbohlav (2007) to be directly proportional to a region's development potential.…”

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“…The uneven development of peripheral regions has been the subject of several Czech studies in the new millennium (Havlíček et al 2008;Jančák 2001;Marada 2001;Marada et al 2019;Musil, Müller 2008;Chromý, Skála 2010;Chromý et al 2011;Pileček, Chromý, Jančák 2013). These studies have shown that a region's development is influenced not just by its position in the settlement hierarchy but also by various socioeconomic and sociocultural factors.…”

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Institutional thickness of a shrinkage region with discontinuous development in a border periphery in Czechia

2023

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The article examines the effects of the social networks of a range of actors on the local development of municipalities located in Czech peripheral border regions. Its main goals are to shed light on and understand the role of social interactions in the development activities of individual municipalities in border-region peripheries and reveal the spatial differentiation of these municipalities. The borderland Cheb district (western Bohemia) is affected by the shrinkage process, and the concept of institutional thickness is used as the explanatory framework. One of the key conclusions is that the more disadvantages there are, the more important institutional thickness is as a development factor. The research data are drawn from 24 semi-structured interviews with the mayors of municipalities that within the system of state administration are municipalities without extended powers. The research also confirmed the diversity of individuals holding the position of mayor and the differences in the specific role mayors play in local development, as well as how important it is for municipalities to be active in microregional associations. It also showed that the internal differentiation of development opportunities and the formation of formal and informal ties are also determined by the quality of horizontal and vertical cooperation.

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Institutional thickness of a shrinkage region with discontinuous development in a border periphery in Czechia

2023

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“…Yet, the nature of social capital and its significance for local development are questions that have yet to be resolved. In Czechia the regional distribution and developmental potential of social capital have been studied by sociologists (Stachová, Bernard, Čermák 2009;Majerová, Kostelecký, Sýkora et al 2011;Bernard 2011) and social geographers (Sýkora, Matoušek 2009;Jančák et al 2008Jančák et al , 2010Pileček, Jančák 2011;Pileček, Chromý, Jančák 2013;Marada et al 2019). However, the most attention has been devoted to micro-regional research into the complex endogenous developmental potential of peripheral areas (Chromý, Skála 2010).…”

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The institutional thickness of an inner periphery in the cross-border region between Central Bohemia and Eastern Bohemia

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2020

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The paper aims to analyze the “soft” factors of local development and to understand the nature of the socio-economic differences between municipalities in an inner periphery in Bohemia. The partial goals are to explain which internal conditions are conductive to the formation of these ties of cooperation, to reveal which power structures are involved in the ties of cooperation, and to assess the direction of these interactions. The conclusions are formulated and discussed in relation to the concept of institutional thickness. Our research confirmed the key differentiating role of mayors in local interactions and the importance of administrative boundaries – especially boundaries of self-government regions. These boundaries had the effect of constraining the formation of formal and informal relations between actors in territorial development. The research also provides evidence of the continued existence of links between municipalities that were formed during the communist period. The data come from the author’s field survey among the mayors.

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Populism and social capital in structurally disadvantaged regions and the 2023 Czech presidential election: making democracy work again?

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2023

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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Spatial Differentiation of Social Capital: A Case Study of Peripheral and Rural Microregions in Czechia

Cited by 6 publications

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Institutional thickness of a shrinkage region with discontinuous development in a border periphery in Czechia

Institutional thickness of a shrinkage region with discontinuous development in a border periphery in Czechia

The institutional thickness of an inner periphery in the cross-border region between Central Bohemia and Eastern Bohemia

Populism and social capital in structurally disadvantaged regions and the 2023 Czech presidential election: making democracy work again?

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