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Party Systems in East Central Europe 1133__444433--CCaabbaaddaa..iinnddbb ii 1122//1199//1133 88::2288 AAMM 1133__444433--CCaabbaaddaa..iinnddbb iiii 1122//1199//1133 88::2288 AAMM Party Systems in East Central Europe Ladislav Cabada, Vít Hloušek, and Petr Jurek LEXINGTON BOOKS Lanham • Boulder • New York • Toronto • Plymouth, UK 1133__444433--CCaabbaaddaa..iinnddbb iiiiii 1122//1199//1133 88::2288 AAMM Published by Lexington Books A wholly owned subsidiary of Rowman & Littlefield 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706 www.rowman.com 10 Thornbury Road, Plymouth PL6 7PP, United Kingdom Copyright © 2014 by Lexington Books All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Information Available Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cabada, Ladislav, author. Party systems in East Central Europe / Ladislav Cabada, Vít Hloušek, and Petr Jurek. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-7391-8276-5 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-7391-8277-2 (electronic) 1. Political parties—Europe, Eastern. 2. Political parties—Europe, Central. 3. Europe, Eastern—Politics and government—1989– 4. Europe, Central—Politics and government—1989– I. Hloušek, Vít, author. II. Jurek, Petr, author. III. Title. JN96.A979C34 2014 324.209437—dc23 2013044232 ™ The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992. Printed in the United States of America 1133__444433--CCaabbaaddaa..iinnddbb iivv 1122//1199//1133 88::2288 AAMM Contents List of Abbreviations vii 1 Introduction 1 2 Political Parties in the History of Central and East European Politics 11 3 The Deformation of Political Parties in the Communist Era and the Specifics of the Post-Communist Transition 43 4 Fragmentation and Polarization of Party Systems: A Sartorian Perspective 71 5 Participation and Mobilization within Party Systems 105 6 Parties in Governments 131 7 Conclusion 179 Bibliography 191 Index 203 About the Author s 207 v 1133__444433--CCaabbaaddaa..iinnddbb vv 1122//1199//1133 88::2288 AAMM 1133__444433--CCaabbaaddaa..iinnddbb vvii 1122//1199//1133 88::2288 AAMM List of Abbreviations AWS Solidarity Electoral Action BBWR Nonpartisan Bloc for Cooperation with Government (Piłsudski)/Nonpartisan Bloc for Support of Reforms (Wałęsa) BSP Bulgarian Socialist Party CDR Romanian Democratic Convention CEE Central and Eastern Europe ČSSD Czech Social Democratic Party DC Democratic Centre DEMOS Democratic Opposition of Slovenia DeSUS Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia DEÚS Slovak Democratic Union DLGV Civic List of Gregor Virant DP Labor Party DPS Democratic Party “Master” DPS Movement for Rights and Freedoms ELDR European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party ENEP Effective Number of Electoral Parties ENPP Effective Number of Parliamentary Parties ER Estonian People´s Front ER Green Party of Estonia ERSP Estonian National Independence Party FDSN Democratic Front of National Salvation Fidesz Hungarian Civic Union-Federation of Young Democrats FKgP Independent Smallholders, Agrarian Workers and Civic Party FPTP First Past the Post FSN National Salvation Front vii 1133__444433--CCaabbaaddaa..iinnddbb vviiii 1122//1199//1133 88::2288 AAMM viii List of Abbreviations GERB Citizens for European Development of Bulgaria HDZ Croatian Democratic Union HNS Croatian National Party HSD-SMS Movement for Self-Governing Democracy—Society for Moravia and Silesia HSLS Croatian Social Liberal Party HSS Croatian Peasant’s Party HZDS Movement for a Democratic Slovakia I Homeland Union IDS Istria Democratic Assembly IRL Homeland and Republic Union JL New Epoch JP New Party K Center KDH Christian Democratic Movement KDNP Christian Democratic People’s Party KDS Christian Democratic Party KDS Latvian Christian Democratic Union KDU-ČSL Christian Democratic Union—Czechoslovak People’s Party KLD Liberal Democratic Congress KMÜ Coalition Party and Country Union KSČM Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia LC Latvian Way LCS Centre Union of Lithuania LDDP Democratic Labour Party of Lithuania LDS Slovenian Liberal Democrats LIBRA Liberal Democratic Party LiD Left and Democrats LKDP Lithuanian Christian Democrats LKDS Latvian Unity Party LLDP Democratic Party of Latgale LLS Liberal Union LNNK Latvian National Conservative Party LPP Latvian First Party LPR League of Polish Families LPS Reform Movement of Lithuania (Sajūdis) LRLS Lithuanian Republican Liberal Movement LS Liberal Partry LSDA Latvian Social Democratic Alliance LSDP Lithuanian Social Democratic Party ĽS-HZSD People’s Party—Movement for Democratic Slovakia LTF Latvian People’s Front 1133__444433--CCaabbaaddaa..iinnddbb vviiiiii 1122//1199//1133 88::2288 AAMM List of Abbreviations ix LVLS Lithuanian Peasant Popular Union LVP Latvian Unity Party LZP Latvian Green Party LZS Latvian Farmers Union M Moderate Party MDF Hungarian Democratic Forum MH Bridge MP Member of Parliament MSzP Hungarian Socialist Party NA National Alliance NDS National Movement of Simeon II NPP Number of Parliamentary Parties NRPP Non Relevant Parliamentary Parties NS New Union NSi New Slovenia—Christian Democratic Party NV New Time ODA Civic Democratic Alliance ODS (Bulgaria) Union of Democratic Forces ODS (Czech Civic Democratic Party Republic) OF Civic Forum PAR Alternative for Romania PC Centre Agreement PC Conservative Party PD Democratic Party PD-L Democratic Liberal Party PDP Civic Democratic Party PDSR Party of Social Democracy in Romania PChD Party of Christian Democrats PiS Law and Justice PL People’s Agreement PNL National Liberal Party PNTCD Christian Democratic National Peasants’ Party PO Civic Platform PP-DD People’s Party—Dan Diaconescu PPPP Polish Beer-Lovers’ Party PPS Number of Parliamentary Parties PRM Greater Romania Party PS Civil Union PSD Social Democratic Party PSDR Romanian Social Democratic Party PSL Polish People’s Party PS-LZJ Positive Slovenia—Zoran Janković’s List 1133__444433--CCaabbaaddaa..iinnddbb iixx 1122//1199//1133 88::2288 AAMM
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