The Handbook of Political Change in Eastern Europe - edited by Sten Berglund, Tomas Hellén and Frank H. Aarebrot
In: Journal of European area studies, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 110-111
ISSN: 1460-8464
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In: Journal of European area studies, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 110-111
ISSN: 1460-8464
In: Mezinárodní politika: MP, Band 27, Heft 3, S. 22-26
ISSN: 0543-7962
In: Mezinárodní politika: MP, Band 27, Heft 4, S. 29-31
ISSN: 0543-7962
In: Mezinárodní politika: MP, Band 26, Heft 12, S. 24-27
ISSN: 0543-7962
In: Journal of common market studies: JCMS, Band 40, Heft 5, S. 895-919
ISSN: 0021-9886
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In: Journal of international relations and development: JIRD, official journal of the Central and East European International Studies Association, Band 4, Heft 1, S. 13-37
ISSN: 1408-6980
In: Mezinárodní vztahy: Czech journal of international relations, Band 39, Heft 1, S. 27-49
ISSN: 0543-7989, 0323-1844
The aim of this article is to analyze the attitudes of the main political parties in the Czech Republic towards the European Union. A special emphasis is put on the presentation of these attitudes in the pre-referendum period & on the levels of support for membership achieved among the parties' supporters. This topic is analysed through the theoretical lens of "europeanization," an approach which examines the impact on domestic (national) policies & political systems of EU policies & processes. This theoretical perspective is usually applied to current member states but has been increasingly extended to candidate countries in the pre-accession period as well. In the period after the first democratic elections of 1990, the "European" debate among Czech political parties has intensified & shifted from the clear initial "yes" to membership to more complex & qualitative questions. By the time of the national EU referendum, (June 2003) the impact of" europeanization" was manifested by the presence of a significant number of EU-related topics in the political parties' agenda. The authors have utilized a range of political geography, sociology, & political science methods to demonstrate a high correlation between the EU referendum results & the levels of the partisan support for the parties favoring membership in the EU. According to the available empirical data from various public opinion surveys, the support for membership among the voters of the Social Democratic Party (CSSD), Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Christian Democratic Party (KDU-CSL) & Freedom Union (US-DEU) ranged from 82 to 92 %. On the contrary, the position of the Communist Party (KSCM) was clearly the opposite. In addition to the political orientation of the voters, other factors which have influenced the voting results were examined. These included such factors as regional unemployment rate, education, wage levels as well as other political-geographical aspects. References. Adapted from the source document.
In: Publius: the journal of federalism, Band 34, Heft 1, S. 35-52
ISSN: 0048-5950