Publication details
Opoziční smlouvy „za kopečky“ I.: Byl pakt ČSSD a ODS z let 1998–2002 demokratickou deviací?
| Title in English | Opposition Agreements Outside the Czech Republic I.: Was the Social Democratic Party and Civic Democratic Party Pact from 1998 to 2002 a Democratic Deviation? |
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| Authors | |
| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Středoevropské politické studie |
| MU Faculty or unit | |
| Citation | |
| Web | http://www.cepsr.com/clanek.php?ID=592 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CEPSR.2013.23.175 |
| Field | Political sciences |
| Keywords | minority governments; support party; Opposition Agreement; Czech Republic; Denmark; Sweden; New Zealand; Italy |
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| Description | After the 1998 general elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic, the largest party, the Social Democratic Party, formed a minority government. The origin and existence of this government was enabled by an agreement with the second largest formation, the Civic Democratic Party. What was then known as the Opposition Agreement became the subject of considerable debate. The paper analyses the Opposition Agreement in comparison with other minority governments with external support, be they governments formed on the basis of ad hoc agreements or complex ones. The text looks in detail at government practice in Denmark, Sweden, New Zealand, and Italy at the time of the Historic Compromise; this is then used as a context for outlining the specifics of the Czech case. Because of its considerable length, the text is divided into two parts; the first part is printed in this volume. |
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