Cleavages in Contemporary Czech and Slovak Politics: Between
Persistence and Change

J 2008

Cleavages in Contemporary Czech and Slovak Politics: Between Persistence and Change

HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK

Basic information

Original name

Cleavages in Contemporary Czech and Slovak Politics: Between Persistence and Change

Name in Czech

Konfliktní linie v současné české a slovenské politice: mezi stabilitou a změnou

Authors

HLOUŠEK, Vít (203 Czech Republic, guarantor) and Lubomír KOPEČEK (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

East European Politics and Societies, Am. Council of Learned Societies, SAGE, 2008, 0888-3254

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: 0.500

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/08:00026255

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

UT WoS

000257866800003

Keywords in English

Cleavages; Post-Communist Transformation; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Party Systems; Political Parties; Democracy

Abstract

ORIG CZ

V originále

This study describes and compares Czech and Slovak party politics after 1989. The concept of cleavages is used as a theoretical starting point. The authors point out that although the communist period overshadowed the traditional cleavages dating from the second half of the nineteenth century, it is possible to analyze some politically-based cleavages in the respective party arrangements of the two countries. The main conclusion of the article is as follows: that despite differing trajectories of political development during the 1990s, at the present time, both the Czech and Slovak party systems show great similarities in terms of the prevalence of the socioeconomic cleavage. Socioeconomic cleavage emerged quite early after 1989 in the Czech Republic; in Slovakia the socioeconomic cleavage has become dominant only in recent years. This has contributed to the stabilization of the classic left-right model of political competition and the consolidation of the two countries' party systems.

In Czech

Článek se věnuje popisu a komparaci české a slovenské stranické politiky po roce 1989. Jako výchozí teoretický rámec využívá konceptu cleavages.

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

Citovat

HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK. Cleavages in Contemporary Czech and Slovak Politics: Between Persistence and Change. East European Politics and Societies. Am. Council of Learned Societies, SAGE, 2008, vol. 22, No 3, p. 518-552. ISSN 0888-3254.

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HLOUŠEK, Vít and Lubomír KOPEČEK. Cleavages in Contemporary Czech and Slovak Politics: Between Persistence and Change. \textit{East European Politics and Societies}. Am. Council of Learned Societies, SAGE, 2008, vol.~22, No~3, p.~518-552. ISSN~0888-3254.

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