How to grasp the opportunity? The rise of party populism and the state of democracy in the Czech Republic

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

How to grasp the opportunity? The rise of party populism and the state of democracy in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The Czech parliamentary elections which were held in May 2010 are often labeled as an electoral earthquake. The support of the two biggest parties dropped to a historical minimum and the christian democratic party left the lower chamber of the parliamentfor the first time in history. Moreover, two new political parties gained parliamentary representation and entered the new government coalition. One of the new successful parties are the Public Affairs (Věci veřejné, VV) which are often labeled as a populist party or a bussines party. What are the reasons of the electoral breakthrough of the VV? Are there any specific conditions for the rise of party populism in the Czech Republic, and potentially in other countries with the communist past? Are the post-communist democracies more vulnerable to populist challenges than ?old democracies? in Western Europe? The paper tries to find answers to these question (or at least formulate hypothesis) by a detailed examination of the case of the Cze

Název v anglickém jazyce

How to grasp the opportunity? The rise of party populism and the state of democracy in the Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

The Czech parliamentary elections which were held in May 2010 are often labeled as an electoral earthquake. The support of the two biggest parties dropped to a historical minimum and the christian democratic party left the lower chamber of the parliamentfor the first time in history. Moreover, two new political parties gained parliamentary representation and entered the new government coalition. One of the new successful parties are the Public Affairs (Věci veřejné, VV) which are often labeled as a populist party or a bussines party. What are the reasons of the electoral breakthrough of the VV? Are there any specific conditions for the rise of party populism in the Czech Republic, and potentially in other countries with the communist past? Are the post-communist democracies more vulnerable to populist challenges than ?old democracies? in Western Europe? The paper tries to find answers to these question (or at least formulate hypothesis) by a detailed examination of the case of the Cze

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O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

AD - Politologie a politické vědy

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GAP408%2F11%2F0709" target="_blank" >GAP408/11/0709: Soudobé výzvy demokracii ve středovýchodní Evropě</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2012

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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