7. Local State-Society Relations in the Czech Republic

In the chapter on the Czech Republic the following networks of local state-society relations are considered and classified: the municipal board commissions as communicative networks, the municipal council committees as communicative networks, the Local Action Groups (LAGs) as consociational networks, the local partnership(s) for social inclusion as self-reflective networks, the community action plan(s) for social services as self-reflective networks, and the Local Action Plan(s) in Education (MAPs) as collaborative networks. Generally, the character, the scope, and the intensity of the relationship between the local state and society differ between rural and metropolitan areas. The Czech system of local state-society relations resembles the ‘local elitist infrastructure’ type.