Naslov
The Many Faces of Liberalism: Liberal Parties in Central Europe

Autori
Raos, Višeslav

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, pp prezentacija, znanstveni

Skup
Liberal or Other Democracy? 25 Years after the Annus Mirabilis in Central Europe. 19th Annual Conference of the Central European Political Science Association

Mjesto i datum
Prag, Češka Republika, 26.09.2014. - 27.09.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
liberalism ; party system ; policy convergence ; EU ; Central Europe

Sažetak
The first objective of this paper is to draw attention to liberal parties, a party family previously neglected and poorly researched. The next task is to provide a detailed description of the liberal parties that have emerged in European post-communist party systems. Further, I wish to classify and place these parties into a broader context. Liberalism as a political ideology has many faces. This diversity reflects itself in the various shapes liberal parties take. Thus, an important part of this paper is a classification of post-communist liberal parties in the EU into party subtypes. This should occur according to the following criteria: pro-European/Eurosceptic, cosmopolitan/nationalist, socially reformist/socially traditional and state- oriented/market-oriented. These criteria can determine whether a party is a social liberal or a classical liberal party. Further, we can group parties according to their level of support for European integration. Finally, we can differentiate liberal parties into those advocating a post-national, cosmopolitan approach to politics and those wishing to maintain a clear national outlook. Following that is an attempt to detect common traits shared by liberal parties in a subregion of post-communist EU – Central Europe, comprising the Visegrád Group (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) and Slovenia and Croatia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija

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