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In the broadest sense, the concept of sustainable development is a set of activities pursuing the long-term trends in the social, economic, and environmental development. Its implementation is subject to voluntariness in approach, the selection of objectives itself, the way of their implementation, and the necessary partnership of all involved. Sustainable development at the regional level in the Czech Republic applies to the regions which have a legal obligation to take care of the versatile development of their ...

In the Czech society, corruption is perceived as one of the most pressing social threats. Corruption belongs to the problems which even the Security Strategy of the Czech Republic sees as a possible destabilization factor. Corruption, however, is not only connected to the national politics, it also refers to the lower levels: both regional and local politics. The aim of the article is to show how the elected political representatives at these two lower levels perceive corruption from the social, political and lega...