Established Parties under Siege: Czech Party System Reconstruction since 2010 Cover Image

Etablované strany v obležení: rekonstrukce českého stranického systému od 2010
Established Parties under Siege: Czech Party System Reconstruction since 2010

Author(s): Jakub Charvát
Subject(s): Electoral systems
Published by: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, Filozofická fakulta, Inštitút politológie
Keywords: Czech Republic;2010 parliamentary elections;2013 parliamentary elections;Party system change; Volatility;Destabilization;Effective number of parties;Fragmentation;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the question of party system change in the Czech Republic since the 2010 parliamentary elections. Although at least since the mid-1990s the Czech party system was considered to be one of the most stable party systems in the CEE countries, since the 2010 elections the Czech party system has been undergoing major transformation of its format andstructure, mainly because of a drastic change of voter behaviour in the 2010 and 2013 parliamentary elections.

  • Issue Year: 4/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 19-32
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Czech