Mezi stranou a parlamentem: o českých poslaneckých klubech
Between the Party and the Parliament: Czech Parliamentary Party Groups in a Comparative Perspective

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the role of parliamentary party groups (PPGs) within political systems, more specifically parliamentary system of government. The author poses the question of whether PPGs are of a parliamentary or party origin. In the first part, the author conceptualizes a comparative role of PPGs in parliamentary systems. Based on the arguments of the collective action and enforcement of voting unity of PPGs, the author embeds the PPGs in promoting a party’s goals in the parliament. The second part is devoted to the analysis of Rules of Procedure of the Czech Parliaments since 1918 in order to identify the institutional position of PPGs. Further, the paper proceeds to the analysis of party regulations. Based on both the Rules and regulations, it concludes that the role of PPGs consists in the coordination of deputies’ activities and promotion of party goals (i.e. enforcement of collective action), and therefore may be embedded in the party basis of political process.

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