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Two dimensions of the Europeanization of election programs: The case of the Czech Republic

HAVLÍK, Vlastimil and Hana VYKOUPILOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Two dimensions of the Europeanization of election programs: The case of the Czech Republic

Name in Czech

Dvě dimenze evropeizace volebních programů: Případ České republiky

Authors

HAVLÍK, Vlastimil (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Hana VYKOUPILOVÁ (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Communist and post-communist studies, Los Angeles, Pergamon, 2008, 0967-067X

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impact factor

Impact factor: 0.660

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/08:00026033

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

UT WoS

000257369500003

Keywords in English

europeanization - czech political parties - election programmes

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 18/9/2013 09:42, doc. Mgr. et Mgr. Vlastimil Havlík, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

This article represents a contribution to the debate over the Europeanization of political parties, one of the hot topics in contemporary political science. It explores the extent of Europeanization in political parties represented in the lower chamber of the Parliament of the Czech Republic by means of an analysis of party election manifestoes. The extent of Europeanization in these documents is analyzed using a bi-dimensional conceptualization. The first dimension, which we call the quantitative dimension, assesses the space taken by the topic of European integration in each manifesto. The second dimension we call the qualitative dimension. This measures the extent to which the European integration issue is elaborated in the programs. Each of these dimensions is then examined using a further categorization. The quantitative dimension is divided into categories representing diffuse occurrence, generally concentrated occurrence and specifically concentrated occurrence. The qualitative dimension is subdivided using the labels general reference, reaction to a specific aspect of integration and reflection on current issues of European integration. Using this conceptualization, we analyze the election manifestoes of five Czech political parties in the period 1996-2006.

In Czech

Článek přispívá k debatě o evropeizaci politických stran, přičemž se zaměřuje na evropeizace volebních programů českých politických stran. Nástrojem k analýze se stalo rozlišení kvantitativní a kvalitativní dimenze evropeizace volebních programů.

Links

MSM0021622407, plan (intention)
Name: Politické strany a reprezentace zájmů v soudobých evropských demokraciích
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Political Parties and The Representation of Interests in Contemporary European Democracies