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Pariah Party and the Populists: A case study o n post communist legacies in the Czech Republic

Term

4. term

Publication year

2022

Submitted on

Pages

69

Abstract

I wish to understand these concerns specifically with the Czech context in mind, as I ask: How can the post-communist legacies of the Czech Republic explain its current state of democracy? By asking thus, I aim to follow in the footsteps of Milada A. Vachudova’s theory presented in her book Europe Undivided (2005) to understand the legacies surrounding the democratization processes in the Czech Republic. My thesis will be using process-tracing, as presented by Derek Beach and Rasmus B. Pedersen, to understand the mechanisms that happened between the beginning of democracy in the Czech Republic to the emergence of populist movements.

I wish to understand these concerns specifically with the Czech context in mind, as I ask: How can the post-communist legacies of the Czech Republic explain its current state of democracy? By asking thus, I aim to follow in the footsteps of Milada A. Vachudova’s theory presented in her book Europe Undivided (2005) to understand the legacies surrounding the democratization processes in the Czech Republic. My thesis will be using process-tracing, as presented by Derek Beach and Rasmus B. Pedersen, to understand the mechanisms that happened between the beginning of democracy in the Czech Republic to the emergence of populist movements.