Overcoming the Danger of Incumbency: The Case of Smer Party in Slovakia

SPÁČ, Peter and Vlastimil HAVLÍK. Overcoming the Danger of Incumbency: The Case of Smer Party in Slovakia. In 9th ECPR General Conference. 2015.

Basic information

• Original name: Overcoming the Danger of Incumbency: The Case of Smer Party in Slovakia
• Name in Czech: Překonání nebezpečí vládnutí: Případ Smeru na Slovensku
• Authors: SPÁČ, Peter (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Vlastimil HAVLÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 9th ECPR General Conference, 2015.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: Czech Republic
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/15:00083682
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Keywords (in Czech): populismus; Smer; Slovensko; ideologie; voliÄŤi
• Keywords in English: populism; Smer; Slovakia; ideology; voters
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

The paper examines the change Smer underwent after it gets to power. It focuses on the three aspects of the change: ideology, organizational structure and voters and put it into a context of theory of populism.

Abstract (in Czech)

Příspěvek se zabývá proměnou politické strany Směr po té, co se stala součástí establišmentu. Zaměřuje se na tři aspekty této změny: ideologii, organizační strukturu a voliče, a to v kontextu teorie populismu.

Links

• MUNI/M/1748/2014, interní kód MU: Name: Determinanty růstu extremismu a populismu v čase ekonomické krize

Investor: Masaryk University, INTERDISCIPLINARY - Interdisciplinary research projects