Karel Kouba

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Charles University

Czech Republic

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Karel Kouba is an Associate Professor at Charles University in the Czech Republic. His research areas include electoral dynamics, gender disparities in university leadership, and democratic governance in Latin America. Recent publications focus on legislative turnover, the effects of term limits on voter participation, and the implications of political repression. He actively contributes to understanding democratic processes, especially in the context of crisis and institutional change.

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The Causes of Invalid Voting in the Czech Republic in Comparative Perspective with Other Post-Communist Countries

Open Date: 2013-01-01

Close Date: 2015-12-01

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Electoral Rules and Political Stability in Latin America

Open Date: 2012-01-01

Close Date: 2014-12-01

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Volební pravidla a politická stabilita v Latinské Americe

Open Date: 2012-01-01

Close Date: 2016-11-24

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Jakub Lysek

Palacký University

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Legislative Turnover in Latin America: Introducing a New Dataset and Analyzing Its Temporal Dynamics

The determinants of the gender gap in university leadership: the case of Czech academic senates

Understanding the effect of term limits on voter turnout: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in Costa Rica based on a registered report

More Electoral Competition Without More Voter Participation: Quasi-Experimental Test of a Term Limit Reform in Ecuador

Democracy and Institutional Change in Times of Crises in Latin America

THE RETURN OF SULTANISM AND POLITICAL REPRESSION IN NICARAGUA

Democratizing urban governance through mayoral term limits: Quasi-experimental evidence from a reform in Chilean municipalities

How Czech Democracy Defies the Illiberal Trend

The Democratic Cost of Consecutive Re-election and Presidential Term-Limit Evasion in Latin America

The Proscription Paradox: Banning Parties Based on Threshold Requirements and Electoral Volatility in Latin America

Understanding the dual glass ceiling of selecting and electing women candidates: evidence from Latin American mayoral elections

The return of silent elections: democracy, uncontested elections and citizen participation in Czechia

Municipal size and local democracy: understanding the trade-off between participation and contestation in Latin America

The 2020 Czech regional elections: A story of a winner that lost

The Unintended Costs and Unfulfilled Promises of Concurrent Elections: A Natural Experiment on Turnout and Invalid Voting

When do voters boycott elections with participation quorums?

Where is the class bias attenuation? The consequences of adopting compulsory voting in Austria-Hungary in 1907

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Jakub Lysek

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