Civil and political elites at the local level

This thesis deals with local politics subjects. Issues such as civil society, civil and political elites, or the actual functioning of local authorities, are applied to events in the district of Prague 20 Horní Pocernice during January and February 2012. Due to a legal loophole, the former mayor and the current mayor were "trying to sit on the mayor chair at the same time". The aim is to identify the causes of these events revealed by the increased participation in local elections of 2010. This thesis asks whether the increase is associated with demand on the change of leadership at the city hall and also with the context of examples of the functions of the local town hall in the period before and after the elections. For this purpose, relevant literature was used, sources from CSO, the local press sources, and also correspondence and interviews with participants of local events and polls, which was attended by 72 local residents