Selected aspects of the social discourse in Slovakia at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries Cover Image

Vybrané aspekty sociálnodemokratického diskurzu na Slovensku na prelome 20. a 21. storočia
Selected aspects of the social discourse in Slovakia at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries

Author(s): Ella Grigoyevna Zadorozhnyuk
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Ústav politických vied Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: social-democracy; social pragmatism; social policy; integration of social-democracy; Central-European model of social-democracy; regional social democracy; Socialist International; Party of European Socialists

Summary/Abstract: Experience of modern Slovak social-democracy, oriented to searching of new ways of resolving social problems, which become sharper because of global economy crisis, is analyzed. New tendency, brought by Slovak social-democracy - attempt, which was realized in Smer-SD activity, to make an alliance of different types of social-democratic political actors and to achieve leading position in political life of the country. A very important aspect in its activity is domination of social pragmatism, which defines relevant political discourse: concentration on current problems using constructive force.

  • Issue Year: IV/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 3-15
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Slovak