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Schwache Institutionalisierung des slowakischen Parteiensystems (bis zum Jahr 2012)
Weak institutionalization of the Slovak party system (until 2012)

Author(s): Radoslav Štefančík
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Instytut Zachodni im. Zygmunta Wojciechowskiego
Keywords: Slovak party system; Iveta Radičová government; political parties

Summary/Abstract: The treatise outlines the current Slovak party system from the perspective of its institutionalization. The text is based on the assumption that weak institutionalization was an ongoing attribute of the Slovak party system after the general elections in 2010, which eventually led to the overthrow of the Radičová government. The text presents the theory of the institutionalization of political parties and development of the Slovak party system and thus analyzes features of the weakly established party system. A weak anchoring of parties in the party landscape and high volatility are presented as the most striking features of the Slovak party system.

  • Issue Year: 353/2014
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 239-256
  • Page Count: 18
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