The Party Isn't Over: An Analysis of the Communist Party in the Czech Republic

Lach, Jiří; LaPlant, James T.; Peterson, Jim; Hill, David B.

doi:10.1080/13523279.2010.499285

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“…At the same time as invocations to remember constitute a warning that society is in danger of "forgetting", they also suggest that the communist period is indeed "forgettable". It is not insignificant that the largely unreformed Communist Party has continued to receive notable public support (12-18 percent) in national elections over the last decade (Lach et al 2010). Public exhortations to remember implicitly suggest to undecided voters that it is indeed "normal" to forget about communism as a possibility for the future.…”

Section: Unity Through Remembrance: a National Script In The Makingmentioning

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Forgotten pasts and fearful futures in Czechs' remembrances of communism

Trnka

2013

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Twenty years after the end of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, numerous public and private acts of remembrance both hail the end of state socialism and rally Czech society to be on guard against its possible return. This article compares three sets of remembrances-official commemorations sponsored by the state and/or private corporations, activists' alternative memory acts, and personal accounts of Czech citizens-to reveal how each of these give voice to fears and anxieties over the possibilities of "forgetting" communism. Promoting a vision of the nation as united in ensuring that the future remains "communist-free", widespread concerns over social amnesia and civic apathy become, I argue, a means of bonding citizens together and to the state. What, however, exactly characterizes a "noncommunist" society is left necessarily ambiguous.

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Section: Unity Through Remembrance: a National Script In The Makingmentioning

confidence: 97%

Forgotten pasts and fearful futures in Czechs' remembrances of communism

Trnka

2013

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“…Second, conversations with independent researchers attributed the strong support for the party there with the concentration of former border guards alongside the former Sudeten region (Interview A, 2017; Interview I, 2017). Given that former border guards remain an important social constituency for the party (Holubec 2011), especially in Czech border areas where KSČM maintains an image of a representative of minor regional interests (Lach et al 2010), it seems that the stable territorial distribution of electoral performance stems from the strong linkage between the party and its core voters. This, therefore, suggests that the role of its party organization is to maintain this linkage, while it is unable to provide resources for expanding its electoral base.…”

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Czech Stalemate? The Role of Party Organization for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia since 2010

Bankov

2020

European Review

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Almost three decades after the regime change in Central and Eastern Europe, some of the political parties that were successors of the communists continue to enjoy important electoral support. This article makes an attempt to understand why this happens and focuses on the role of the party organization. It includes a qualitative analysis on the typical case of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM) based on a series of semi-structured interviews with party cadres and independent researchers. These interviews reveal that the stable territorial distribution of their performance amidst significant electoral volatility since 2010 highlights an organizational impasse within the party.

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“…Jeszcze jedna cecha Komunistycznej partii Czech i Moraw w tym, że w większości głosują "starsi" wyborcy, których wiek często przekracza 60 lat 49 , a także wyborcy z małych i średnich pod względem liczby ludności miast (w Pradze, na przykład, odsetek zwolenników KSČM jest najmniejszą wśród innych miast w Czechach). Ale to w sumie nie daje wiarygodnych odpowiedzi na pytanie, dlaczego KSČM, będąc, jak zauważono powyżej, niezreformowaną lub prawie niezreformowaną, jest o tyle elektoralnie popularną i stabilnie relewantną 50 . Zwłaszcza w świetle tego, co dotyczy KSČM, jak wywnioskowano powyżej, tradycyjnie (w szczególności do połowy 2000 r.) stosowali technikę "sanitarnego kordonu".…”

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Far-left political parties, their origin, ideological positioning and place in the Czech Republic’s party system (1990–2015): the case of the communist party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)

Androshchuk¹

2014

SESW

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The article is dedicated to analyzing the features of far-left political parties in the Czech Republic in 1990–2015. In particular, the paper focuses on the main among them, i.e. the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM). The author reviewed the history and origin of far-left political parties in the Czech Republic, outlined the parameters of their ideological positioning and ideolog- ical peculiarities of the Czech left extremism. As a result, it was proved that the extreme left-wing political parties in the Czech Republic are unreformed one and are used to reflect the most classical principles of Marxism-Leninism, though they have become relevant within the whole history of the Czech Republic. The researcher argued that the relevance of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia as a key far-left party in the Czech Republic is outlined with its parliamentary representation, but simultaneously is determined with non-participation of the party in the government formation, especially due to the use of the measures of political isolation (technique of “cordon sanitaire”).

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The Party Isn't Over: An Analysis of the Communist Party in the Czech Republic

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Forgotten pasts and fearful futures in Czechs' remembrances of communism

Forgotten pasts and fearful futures in Czechs' remembrances of communism

Czech Stalemate? The Role of Party Organization for the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia since 2010

Far-left political parties, their origin, ideological positioning and place in the Czech Republic’s party system (1990–2015): the case of the communist party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSČM)

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