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This article is an attempt to identify the role of politically relevant values and attitudes in voting behaviour in the Czech Republic. In view of the results of earlier analyses, which show there has been a process of intense crystallization of left–right political axis of the Czech political spectrum, this paper aims to demonstrate the specific roles of declared and value-based left–right political orientations, the effects of external and internal political efficacy, the feelings of anomie, and the requ…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Party identification in the Czech Republic: inter-party hostility and party preference

This study introduces basic models of voting behaviour and describes in greater detail the findings and starting points of the model of party identification. It recapitulates findings related to the voting behaviour in the Czech Republic throughout the nineties, as well as the reasons leading to the application of the party identification model to the analyses of voting behaviour. The influence of positive feelings toward the elected party and negative feelings toward the other parties are tested here.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

State and nation identity building in the 90s in the Central and Eastern Europe and its implications for the EU accession with the special focus on Czechia and Slovakia

Topics: Identity, Public Policy

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

The Endurance of the Czech Communist Party

The existence of an unreformed Communist Party stems from its historical roots in the country and the impact of the normalization period on the party’s membership base. However, in the post-communist period, we see that the party’s electoral fortunes have been tied to the position and politics of the ČSSD. Further, we have demonstrated that the KSČM has a loyal support base largely comprised of older voters. The KSČM voters’ views are distinct and further to the left of ČSSD voters, and as such, the …

Topics: Public Policy

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Identity of non-self-evident nation: Czech national identity after the break-up of Czechoslovakia and before accession to the European Union

In this study the authors analyse Czech national identity after the split of Czechoslovakia and before accession to the European Union. National identity is understood here as a construct consisting of several elements, four of which the authors analyse: territorial identity (localism, regionalism, patriotism, and Europeanism), the image of the nation - the cultural nation (ethno-nation) and the political nation (state-nation)), national pride (in general, and in cultural performance and in the performance of …

Topics: European Union, Identity

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

The Chamber of Deputies Election, Czech Republic 2002

The study describes the background (including electoral system reform and campaign before election) and results of 2002 election to the Chamber of Deputies in the Czech Republic, and subsequent government formation.…

Topics: Public Policy, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

The parliamentary election in the Czech Republic, June 2006

The article is focused on election to the Chamber of Deputies of the parliament of the Czech Republic held in June 2006. It analyses political climate in preceding electoral term, pre-election situation, electoral systém, electoral campaign, election results, formation of government and evaluation of post-election situation.…

Topics: Public Policy, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

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Values and Electoral Decisions in the Czech Republic

Party identification in the Czech Republic: inter-party hostility and party preference

State and nation identity building in the 90s in the Central and Eastern Europe and its implications for the EU accession with the special focus on Czechia and Slovakia

The Endurance of the Czech Communist Party

Identity of non-self-evident nation: Czech national identity after the break-up of Czechoslovakia and before accession to the European Union

The Chamber of Deputies Election, Czech Republic 2002

The parliamentary election in the Czech Republic, June 2006

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