Jan Holzer

Vít Hloušek

Lubomír Kopeček

Andrew Lawrence Roberts

Stanislav Balík

Pavel Pšeja

česká politika 19. až 21. století

Od Palackého k Babišovi

Ladislav Cabada

Petr Jurek

Party Systems in East Central Europe analyzes the formation of political parties in the nations of this region. In the first part, the authors concentrate on the key periods and turning points in this development, connecting them with the democratization of the countries in the region in the last third of the nineteenth century. This includes a look at the period before World War I, between the wars, and particularly in the times after the fall of the communist regimes. The analysis focuses chiefly on the ideological background that gave way to the rise of political parties in the region. In relation to this, the authors base their writing mainly on the socio-political theory of Stein Rokkan. The second part of the book is a political analysis of the key aspects related to party politics. First, the authors examine the ties of political parties to broad social processes, using the classic theories of Giovanni Sartori and Stein Rokkan. Next, they continue with the analysis of the operation of parties within governments, with a special focus on the creation of coalition governments, functioning of coalitions and coalition governance. Last, some defects are reflected upon, as well as unfinished processes related to the fast establishment of political parties in the region, e.g., absence of firm links with social groups, high volatility, instability of parties, etc.

Party Systems in East Central Europe

This volume provides a comprehensive overview of Czech politics, past and present. The authors not only cover the main political developments of the past two centuries, they also situate the current political system in the context of communist and pre-communist legacies. They argue that amidst the dramatic changes of the Velvet Revolution, one can find a plethora of continuities in culture and institutions that help to explain the shape of Czech politics today.

Czech Politics: From West to East and Back Again

Vlastimil Havlík

ph. Dr. Petr Kaniok

Why is there so much reservation and scepticism among the Czech public as well as politicians towards the European Union? Has the experience of the Czech Republic as a member of the EU changed Czech Euroscepticism since 2004? The authors provide a detailed analysis of the dynamics of Euroscepticism using the concept of Europeanisation. The unique connection of the concepts of Euroscepticism and Europeanisation creates an innovative research framework.

Europeanised Defiance – Czech Euroscepticism since 2004

Strmiska, Maxmilián

Roman Chytílek

Analýza stranicko-politických systémů. Politické strany jsou jedním ze základních prostředků k zajištění demokratické vlády. Umožňují formování názorů občanů, jejich agregaci a vyjadřování ve volbách. V jejich fungování nebo naopak dysfunkci se projevuje kvalita celých politických systémů. Stávají se proto privilegovaným předmětem studia politologie. Na základě klasických typologií (G. Sartoriho, J. Blondela) popisují autoři systémy politických stran v rozšířené Evropské unii a ostatních státech západní Evropy. Věnují se jejich současnému stavu, jednotlivým významným stranám, konfliktním liniím, vývoji, proměnám a významu pro politiku v jednotlivých zemích. Publikace je určena všem zájemcům o politiku a politické strany v Evropě, především studentům politologie a příbuzných oborů i odborníkům v těchto oblastech.

Politické strany moderní Evropy

Petr Kaniok

This book provides an analysis of the European Parliament elections 2019 with a focus on East-Central European countries. The authors offer conceptual insights into Euroscepticism and discuss traditionally familiar concepts in a new light, pairing East-Central European Euroscepticism with visions of illiberal democracy, on the one hand, and showing the increasing Europeanisation of Eurosceptic parties in the region, on the other. The book combines a fresh and innovative conceptual treatment with rich and accurate empirical evidence in order to highlight the dynamics of Euroscepticism in "new" EU member states. Students and experts interested in EU politics, within academia and beyond, will find this volume particularly informative.

Second-Order Euroscepticism

The European Parliament Election of 2019 in East-Central Europe

Postavení prezidenta v jiných než prezidentských politických systémech patří k méně analyzovaným aspektům politiky. V zemích střední a východní Evropy může přitom existovat určitá diskrepance mezi formálním a reálným postavením hlav států. Předkládaná, anglicky psaná kniha mapuje, zda se zde po roce 1989 objevily tendence k většímu zapojení či osobnímu angažmá prezidentů v každodenní politice, co bylo jejich příčinou, jak se projevovaly a zda je můžeme vysvětlit spíše osobností prezidenta, nebo strukturou politických příležitostí, která nabídla prezidentovi větší prostor pro osobní politickou realizaci.

Presidents in Central and Eastern Europe, Their Formal Competencies and Informal Power

Presidents above Parties?

Petra Vodová

Political parties run by entrepreneurs as a means to their own end are a recent phenomenon found in many countries, and their electoral influence has never been greater. This book offers a thorough comparative analysis of such ‘business-firm’ and sometimes oddly memberless parties in Western and East-Central Europe, assessing the considerable corpus of literature on the growing band of political entrepreneurs. The book clearly separates such party enterprises from other, more traditional, political platforms as it contributes to our understanding of the potential of entrepreneurial parties. The authors offer a unique typology based on two characteristics: whether the party receives private financial, media or other investment; and the nature of its membership and territorial structure. Famous examples of entrepreneurial parties, including Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia and Geert Wilders’s Party for Freedom, alongside their lesser-known counterparts, serve in this book as valuable material for conceptual innovation and the investigation into why certain entrepreneurial party types succeed or fail.

Vít Hloušek

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