Sovětské dědictví v politických systémech střední Evropy: postkomunistické strany, krize liberalismu a nová ruská geopolitika

Abstract

There is hypothesis that in the political systems of countries of Central Europe are still, twenty years after regime change, present elements of Soviet political system as heritage of forty years of Soviet dominance in the region. These elements are infl uencing political parties, political culture and actual political development and political strategies of diff erent political parties. Even there are no comparable data from countries of the region on that topic, certain evidence leads us towards conclusion that Soviet heritage in political system is present indirectly in a form of postcommunist parties and their role in political system, in a form of certain unwillingnes of citizens actively participate in political life (this should be proven by empirical research), in a form of electoral system which was after regime change desing to block one-party government, but is now unable to produce working majority governments, and in a form of new Russian geopolitics which is generating response from diff erent political players and has strong infl uence on their policy planning and policy decision making.