100 Years of the Communist Party in the Czech Lands: A Comparison of the Inter-War and Post-War Situtation

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

100 Years of the Communist Party in the Czech Lands: A Comparison of the Inter-War and Post-War Situtation

Original language description

During inter-war Czechoslovakia, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (KSČ) profiled itself as an anti-system revolutionary political party, which after 1935 managed to strengthen its relatively stable position in society via antifascist rhetoric. With the support of the Soviet leadership, it unconstitutionally seized power and established a totalitarian regime after 1948. The events of 1989 meant a fall of the undemocratic regime, though surprisingly they did not mark the end of the Communist Party. This status did not change even after the breakup of Czechoslovakia, and the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) still figures in the Czech political scene as a relevant actor. A hundred years of existence brings the opportunity to look back at the party development. The logical question presents itself about whether, and how, KSČM is comparable to KSČ and what differentiates them. Our analysis focuses on the ideological basis, the membership base development, voter support and the international anchorage. Specifically, we focus on the nostalgic character of KSČM and its reform rejection, which was, after 1989, a significant factor in securing the support of nostalgic voters. However, as the decline of the membership base and support during elections show, this unwillingness towards reforms can lead to its marginalisation. This was confirmed in the 2021 elections, when the KSČM did not reach the electoral threshold and abandoned the parliament.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Comparative Politics

ISSN

1338-1385

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

15

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1/2022

Country of publishing house

SI - SLOVENIA

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

4-23

UT code for WoS article

000808055900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85135238653