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For the Game, for the Loyal Partisans: Distribution of Sport Grants in Slovakia

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Spáč P.
Central European Journal of Public Policy
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2016
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vol. 10
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issue 1
12-21
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Distribution of resources is at the core of politics. Although this activity is primarily economic in nature, the existing research shows that political representatives often use the allocation of public money to reward their allies at the expense of their rivals. This paper analyses a 2015 governmental programme of local sport grants in Slovakia that aimed to build sport facilities for children and young people. In order to avoid any political bias, the programme was established as a neutral mechanism with an anonymous evaluation of grant requests. The results of analysis, however, provide substantial evidence that the subsidies were given primarily to towns with closer political ties to the government while municipalities led by mayors from the opposition were nearly fully ignored. In addition, the presented social and economic aims of the funding programme were not effectively pursued. The paper thus represents a valuable contribution to the discussion of distributive politics, in general, as it shows that, despite the respective legal framework, the allocation of resources may still end up as a process fuelled by partisan interests.
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DISTRIBÚCIA VEREJNÝCH ZDROJOV AKO POLITICKÝ MECHANIZMUS: PRÍPAD ENVIRONMENTÁLNYCH DOTÁCIÍ NA SLOVENSKU

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Spáč P.
Sociológia (Sociology)
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2016
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vol. 48
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issue 4
399 – 419
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Existing research shows that political representatives use public resources to reward their allies while punish their rivals. In region of Central Europe such literature is rather underdeveloped and this article aims to fill this gap. It analyses distribution of environmental grants in Slovakia between 2005 and 2015. The results show that grants are primarily given to towns led by mayors supported by governmental parties. In case of coalition governments a better access to public resources is found for towns led by mayors supported by the party controlling the distribution process than for municipalities with mayors supported by other governmental parties.
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Reversing the past. Municipal Splits in Slovakia after 1989

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Spáč P.
Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development
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2021
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vol. 25
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issue 1
28-36
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The research on territorial reforms on the local level has so far focused on municipal amalgamations. However, less is known about municipal splits – a phenomenon that is less frequent, but that occurred in several European countries in recent decades. This paper deals with municipal splits in Slovakia after 1989, and it examines a set of factors that supported municipalities in their effort to obtain independence. The findings show that the massive wave of splits that began shortly after 1989 was primarily motivated by the aim of reversing the consequences of the amalgamation that had been conducted by the Communist regime. Hence, the question of identity was the main trigger leading to municipal splits. On the other hand, the analysis found that economic factors had only a limited role in the establishing of new municipalities in Slovakia.
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ABECEDA AKO NÁSTROJ ÚSPECHU. PRÍPAD REGIONÁLNYCH VOLIEB NA SLOVENSKU

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Spáč P., Voda P., Zagrapan J.
Sociológia (Sociology)
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2016
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vol. 48
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issue 1
71 - 90
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This paper deals with the name order of candidates and its influence on results in regional elections in Slovakia. Using a dataset of 8,881 persons we found that candidates with names from both the beginning and the end of the alphabet are clearly advantaged when compared to their rivals. These candidates occupy the front and bottom positions on the ballot lists what increases their likelihood of becoming elected. Hence the system used in regional elections in Slovakia fails to be neutral as it treats the candidates differently on an unjustifiable basis.
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