Allied by a Choice? Christian Democratic and Christian Nationalist Parties in Post-Communist Pluralisms
No.3(2001)
Abstract
Keywords:
Křesťanská demokracie; Christian democracy; nationalist parties; nacionální strany; postkomunistický pluralismus; post-communist pluralisms
The paper discusses the issues of identity, role and positioning of Christian democratic and Christian nationalist parties within the post- communist party arrangements in Central Eastern Europe in the 1990s. It proposes a classification of Christian democratic and Christian nationalist parties in the post-communist context. Authentic Christian democratic and Christian nationalist parties could be represented by continuing “old” parties, by renewed “old” parties or by new parties with a genuine Christian democratic and/or Christian nationalist identity. In the same way, renewed “old” parties and new parties could be distinguished in the case of “compounded” parties-alliances with an over-arching Christian democratic and/or Christian nationalist identity.
Křesťanská demokracie; Christian democracy; nationalist parties; nacionální strany; postkomunistický pluralismus; post-communist pluralisms