Chapter 1: The puzzling crisis of democratization in the Czech Republic. Towards more case knowledge and a broader perspective in comparative politics - Astrid Lorenz.- Chapter 2: Democracy, Policy-Making and Policy Performance in the Czech Republic in the Light of International Democracy and Governance Indices - Frank Bönker.- Chapter 3: Swerving towards deconsolidation? Democratic consolidation and civil society in the Czech Republic - Petra Guasti.- Chapter 4: Small and fragmented: civil society in the Czech Republic in the antagonism between liberal and state-centric ideas - Stephanie Weiss.- Chapter 5: Permanent campaigning and pitfalls of the proportional representation with fragile parties. Elections and party system in Czechia - Stanislav Balík and Vít Hloušek.- Chapter 6: Power structure in motion? Parliament, government and the president in the Czech Republic - Lukáš Novotný.- Chapter 7: Activist constitutional court as utility tool for correcting politics: structure, composition and case-law - Ivo Pospíšil.- Chapter 8: Advantages and problems of a liberal-democratic media model. Media and politics in the Czech Republic - Jan Jirák and Barbara Köpplová.- Chapter 9: Foreign, security and defence policy: Europeanized at the bottom, neglected at the top - Tomáš Weiss.- Chapter 10: Economic and social policy in the Czech Republic as a response to economic crises and growth - Antonín Slaný and Hana Lipovská.- Chapter 11: A product of Europeanization or of national handwriting? The formation and development of the Czech migration policy - Paula Beger.- Chapter 12: Czech regional policy. Trapped in the mode of centralization - Hana Formánková.