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Czech Social Democracy and its cohabitation with the Communist Party: The story of a neglected affair

KOPEČEK, Lubomír and Pavel PŠEJA

Basic information

Original name

Czech Social Democracy and its cohabitation with the Communist Party: The story of a neglected affair

Name in Czech

ČSSD a její soužití s KSČM: historie jedné opomíjené pletky

Authors

KOPEČEK, Lubomír (203 Czech Republic, guarantor) and Pavel PŠEJA (203 Czech Republic)

Edition

Communist and post-communist studies, Los Angeles, Elsevier, 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/00216224:14230/08:00025428

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

UT WoS

000259462200004

Keywords in English

Czech Social Democratic Party; the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia; Elections; Left in the Czech Politics

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 16/6/2009 14:07, prof. PhDr. Lubomír Kopeček, Ph.D.

Abstract

ORIG CZ

V originále

This article attempts to analyze developments within the Czech Left after 1989. Primarily, the authors focus on two questions: (1) How did the Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD) achieve its dominance of the Left? (2)What is the relationship between the Social Democrats and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM)? We conclude that the unsuccessful attempt to move the KSCM towards a moderate leftist identity opened up a space in which the Social Democrats could thrive, at the same time gradually assuming a pragmatic approach towards the Communists. Moreover, the ability of Milos Zeman, the leader of the Social Democrats, to build a clear non-Communist Left alternative to the hegemony of theRight during the 1990s was also very important.

In Czech

Text analyzuje vývoj v rámci české levice po roce 1989, přičemž se zaměřuje zejména na příčiny úspěchu ČSSD a vztah této strany ke KSČM.

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
1J002/04-DP1, research and development project
Name: Političtí aktéři v procesu evropeizace a internacionalizace politického prostoru ČR
Investor: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the CR, Political actors in the process of Europeanization and internationalization of the Czech political area