The Slovak Party of the Democratic Left: A Successful Post-Communist Party?

KOPEČEK, Lubomír. The Slovak Party of the Democratic Left: A Successful Post-Communist Party? German Policy Studies/Politikfeldanalyse. University of Muenster, 2002, II, No 2. ISSN 1523-9764.

Basic information

Original name

The Slovak Party of the Democratic Left: A Successful Post-Communist Party?

Name (in English)

The Slovak Party of the Democratic Left: A Successful Post-Communist Party?

Authors

KOPEČEK, Lubomír

Edition

German Policy Studies/Politikfeldanalyse, University of Muenster, 2002, 1523-9764

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Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

successor parties; the Communist Party of Slovakia; the Slovak Party of the Democratic Left

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successor parties

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International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

This paper examines the evolution of the Slovak Party of the Democratic Left (PDL). It analyzes the PDL from its evolution from the Communist Party of Slovakia to its recent internal crisis. It deals also with the PDL's identity conflict between two party wings in the second half of the 1990s - the "radical socialists" and the "modernists" - which ended with the victory of the "radical socialists". In conclusion, the paper argues that the PDL today represents an interesting case of a communist successor party whose ideology lies somewhere between its communist origins and modern social democracy. In short, the PDL can be termed a post-communist "radical socialist" party.

In English

This paper examines the evolution of the Slovak Party of the Democratic Left (PDL). It analyzes the PDL from its evolution from the Communist Party of Slovakia to its recent internal crisis. It deals also with the PDL's identity conflict between two party wings in the second half of the 1990s - the "radical socialists" and the "modernists" - which ended with the victory of the "radical socialists". In conclusion, the paper argues that the PDL today represents an interesting case of a communist successor party whose ideology lies somewhere between its communist origins and modern social democracy. In short, the PDL can be termed a post-communist "radical socialist" party.