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A comparison between Czech and Slovak right-wing polities development from 1990 up to date
Boháčová, Anna ; Just, Petr (advisor) ; Jüptner, Petr (referee)
This theses is concerned with the origin and development of right-wing political parties in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic during 1989-2006. At first, basic terms such as political party or a partial system are defined. Afterwards a concept of right-wing and left-wing is briefly defined. The theses shortly addresses a form of electoral system which notably influences the partial system. Year 1989 was an important year for the evolution of political parties in both countries, it was a year when anti-communist movements arised. Later on, most important right-wing entities originated from them. In the Czech Republic the rights were in power from 1990 till 1998. The election in 1998 ended in a stalemate and a nonstandard agreement between two ultimate rivals - right-wing ODS and left-wing CSSD was signed. After the election in 2002, the parties again operate along the axes of right-wing and left-wing. Slovakia went through more complicated development since authoritarian HZDS was in power and did not admit democratic right-wing entities any share of power. After 1998. when wide governmental alliance was established, a period of standardization of political system in Slovakia has began. Finally the theses focuses on cleavages in a society which importantly influence the form of partial systems and which...
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The importance of EU as an external factor on democratic consolidation. The cases of the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Hilleren, Ann Katrin ; Just, Petr (advisor) ; Krausz Hladká, Malvína (referee)
The breakdown of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe has offered scholars in the field of transition and regime change theory, and comparative politics in general, a major opportunity to test out former theories, but also formulate new ones. Obviously, no theory is alone applicable to the complexity of the transitions. There is a variety of cases, each with distinct developments before, during and after the transition to democracy has been completed. Some common features are still possible to extract when studying regime change in a region. As for Central and Eastern Europe, one of the most outstanding characteristics of the transition to democracy has been the visibility and importance of external factors. Previously the view was held that external factors were essentially secondary to domestic processes of regime change. The studies on Central and Eastern Europe carried out the last 15 years might show another picture, and that leads us to the core of this paper. How important have the external factors been? After providing the reader with some relevant theories on democracy and démocratisation, the focus is turned to the examination of external influences on transition in this region. In order to narrow down the complexity of the subject, the European Union has been chosen as the variable to...
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Development of Left-wing Parties in Czech Republic and Slovakia
Minárik, Pavol ; Just, Petr (advisor) ; Mlejnek, Josef (referee)
This paper, entitled "Development of Left-Wing Parties in Czech Republic and Slovakia (Comparison)", deals with the topic o f great importance for post-communist regimes. Aim of the paper is comparison of the situation in this field in both countries. After brief introduction (Chapter 1), the theoretical concepts o f used in analysis are described (Chapter 2). These include theory o f transitions to democracy and concepts for classification of political parties, namely theory o f cleavages and theory o f ideological families. These theoretical parts are followed by analysis of situation in each country, first the Czech Republic in Chapter 3 and then Slovakia in Chapter 4. For both countries, overall evolution of party system is described. Then, development of each party is examined more closely. Comparison is given in Chapter 5. The comparison showed that there are some similarities in development of Czech and Slovak left-wing political parties. Especially in the first period after the fall of Communist regime, both party systems were alike. However, differences emerged later. In the Czech Republic, party system developed standard western-like structure by the election o f 1998. On the contrary, development of Slovak party system was complicated and it is not finished yet. There are differences in...
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