Strana svobodných občanů – čeští monotematičtí euroskeptici?
| Autor: | Petr Kaniok |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Polarization (politics)
Euroscepticism Party of Free Citizens Public administration Divided government lcsh:JC11-607 Duverger's law lcsh:Political theory Realigning election Party platform Split-ticket voting Single Issue Party Single non-transferable vote Primary election Political science Niche Party |
| Zdroj: | Central European Political Studies Review, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 75-91 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 1212-7817 |
| DOI: | 10.5817/cepsr.2014.1.75 |
| Popis: | When, in the beginning of 2009, the Party of Free Citizens was founded, it was believed that the main impulse for establishing a new political party was the generally positive approach towards the Lisbon Treaty adopted by the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) a couple of months before. Thus, since its foundation, the media, commentators and political analysts have labelled the Party of Free Citizens as a single issue Eurosceptic party. This article challenges this prevailing evaluation of the Party of Free Citizens and subsequently confronts the party´s programs and press releases with three concepts – the concept of Euroscepticism connected with the work of Taggart and Szczerbiak, the concept of a single issue party developed by Mudde, and the concept of a niche party brought into political science by Meguide. The article concludes that while the Party of Free Citizens is undoubtedly a Eurosceptic party, both in terms of its soft and hard versions, its overall performance as a political entity does not meet the criteria of Mudde´s concept of a single issue party. As the Party of Free Citizens puts a strong emphasis on European issues (compared to other mainstream Czech political parties), it can, at most, be described as a niche party. |
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