This book offers a fascinating, thought-provoking and ground-breaking study of post-
communist political life. It is published just as the countries of Central and Eastern Europe …

This chapter provides inspiration and a fruitful starting point for future empirical research on
both populist actors as communicators and political actors as populist communicators. The …

In the article, the authors address certain recent political developments in two former
communist countries, the Czech Republic and Slovenia. They focus on the rise of …

This article aims to reflect on the multiple dimensions of the Czech party system, examine it
for breaking points and, at the intersection of these points, periodize the developments in the …

Central Eastern European party politics offers a good example of the trend towards
centralizing internal party decision making, as well as encouraging strong personalities in …

The article discusses the major trajectories of the developments of the Czech democratic
polity after 1989. It also discusses institutional traditions of the Czech parliamentary regimes …

It is often said that we live in a time of crisis for social democracy. Many of the West
European centre-left parties that seemed the natural parties of government in the second …

The text provides an analysis of the practical use of populism in electoral marketing by the
movement ANO before the last election to the Czech Parliament in 2013. Its main goal is to …

By asking whether the direct presidential election makes a difference to a parliamentary
democracy, this chapter compares the Czech political practice before and after the first direct …

This study focuses on the communication styles of male and female candidates on
Facebook during the 2017 parliamentary election campaign in the Czech Republic. It tests …