Zobrazování korupce v programatice českých politických stran v průbehu postkomunistického vývoje
Perception of Corruption in the Electoral Programs of the Czech Political Parties during the Post-Communist Development

Summary/Abstract: In this study the author deals with a perception of corruption in the Czech Republic. According to many authors, he acknowledges distinctions between two levels of discourses – one related to political elites, the other one to society. This study is focused on elite discourse, specifically on discourse within electoral programs of the political parties – the author presents results of both qualitative and quantitative content analysis of electoral programs of four Czech political parties (ODS, KDU-ČSL, ČSSD, KSČM) in this text. The main goal is to show how the topic of corruption has changed during the post-communist development, whether is the corruption seen as related to the process of privatization of an ex-state property, and whether (and how) perception of corruption has changed in response to concrete events (like particular corruption cases or so-called opposition agreement 1998-2002). The development of the perception of corruption is therefore put into the context of general political development in the Czech Republic.

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