Are Czech Rural Municipalities too Small?

Since the early 90s, the extremely fragmented structure of Czech rural municipalities has been a frequent target of criticism. It was mentioned that this structure hinders the economic and social development of rural areas, is responsible for instability of local government, causes irresponsible use of public money by local authorities as well as problematic legal culture of local administration in small municipalities. The paper outlines the nature of this problem and presents a brief overview of the available knowledge about the relationship between the size of muinicipalities and their functioning as administrative, political, economic and social unit