From Opposition to Implementation: Unraveling the Strategy of Technocratic Populist Government’s Appropriation of Opposition Policy Proposals

IF 1 4区 社会学 Q2 AREA STUDIES
Ivan Jarabinský
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This article examines the appropriation of opposition policy proposals undertaken by the Czech minority governments led by Andrej Babiš and his technocratic populist party, ANO. The article defines policy appropriation and then assesses its theoretical and empirical underpinnings within the broader context of a technocratic populist government. This is followed by a discussion of Babiš’ premierships and ANO’s tenure, their incentives to appropriate policy and how appropriation unfolded. Employing a multiple-case study design, the article scrutinizes fifteen policies affected by appropriation with the help of parliamentary documents available online. The findings reveal three relationships among bills addressing the same issues: policy appropriation, policy ownership conflict, and unrelated governmental policies. In cultivating the image of expert competence, technocratic populists may encounter challenges in achieving other objectives, such as fostering an efficient parliament. While several bills addressed similar policies in similar ways, not all of the opposition’s allegations were substantiated. Nevertheless, the government’s conduct diminishes the role and contributions of the opposition in the Chamber of Deputies, potentially undermining political pluralism by delegitimizing the opposition.
从反对到实施:解读技术官僚民粹主义政府对反对政策建议的挪用策略
本文考察了安德烈·巴比什及其技术官僚民粹主义政党ANO领导的捷克少数民族政府对反对派政策建议的挪用。本文定义了政策拨款,然后在技术官僚民粹主义政府的更广泛背景下评估了其理论和实证基础。随后讨论了巴比什的总理任期和ANO的任期,他们对适当政策的激励以及拨款如何展开。本文采用多案例研究设计,借助网上可获得的议会文件,仔细审查了受拨款影响的15项政策。研究结果揭示了解决同一问题的法案之间的三种关系:政策挪用、政策所有权冲突和不相关的政府政策。在塑造专家能力的形象时,技术官僚民粹主义者可能会在实现其他目标时遇到挑战,比如建立一个高效的议会。虽然有几项法案以类似的方式处理类似的政策,但并非所有反对派的指控都得到证实。然而,政府的行为削弱了反对派在众议院的作用和贡献,通过使反对派失去合法性而潜在地破坏了政治多元化。
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期刊介绍: East European Politics and Societies is an international journal that examines social, political, and economic issues in Eastern Europe. EEPS offers holistic coverage of the region - every country, from every discipline - ranging from detailed case studies through comparative analyses and theoretical issues. Contributors include not only western scholars but many from Eastern Europe itself. The Editorial Board is composed of a world-class panel of historians, political scientists, economists, and social scientists.
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