A breaking-up of a pro-European consensus: Attitudes of Czech political parties towards the European integration (1998–2010)

HAVLÍK, Vlastimil. A breaking-up of a pro-European consensus: Attitudes of Czech political parties towards the European integration (1998–2010). Communist and Post-Communist Studies. Los Angeles: Elsevier, 2011, vol. 44, No 2, p. 129-147. ISSN 0967-067X. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2011.04.003.

Basic information

• Original name: A breaking-up of a pro-European consensus: Attitudes of Czech political parties towards the European integration (1998–2010)
• Name in Czech: Konec proevropského konsensu: Postoje českých politických stran k evropské integraci (1998-2010)
• Authors: HAVLÍK, Vlastimil (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Los Angeles, Elsevier, 2011, 0967-067X.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: United States of America
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Impact factor: Impact factor: 0.557
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/11:00052272
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2011.04.003
• UT WoS: 000292226400003
• Keywords (in Czech): politické strany; Česká republika; evropská integrace; postoje; euroskepticismus
• Keywords in English: political; Czech Republic; European integration; attitudes; Euroscepticism

Abstract

This article represents a contribution to the debate over the attitudes of political parties to the European integration-one of the hot topics in contemporary political science. It explores the dynamics of attitudes of political parties in the Czech Republic to the EU and analyzes them in the context of parties primary ideologies. On the basis of the results of an expert survey the author interpretes the changes in the major features of “European” debate in the Czech Republic and offers a new classification schema of attitudes of political parties towards the EU, according to the preferences of economic and/or political dimension of European integration.

Abstract (in Czech)

Text představuje příspěvek k atuální debatě o postojích politických stran k evropské integraci. Zabývá se dynamikou těchto postojů, a to hlavně v kontextu s primární ideologií politických stran. Na základě expertního šetření autor analyzuje klíčové momenty vývoje diskuse ohledně postojů politických stran a nabízí jejich rozdělení z hlediska politické a ekonomické dimenze evropské integrace.

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