Who Votes Left after the Fall of Communism
The Czech Republic in Comparative Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9944534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Petr Matějů (0000-0002-9985-4457, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 13-38 |
| Publication date | 1999-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Comparative Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7152 • E-ISSN: 1568-5187 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002071529904000102 |
| OpenAlex | W2023599281 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 14 |
The results of the Czech parliamentary election held in May 1996 were a surprise to many, due to a considerable increase of the proportion of votes cast for left-wing political parties, particularly for Czech Social Democracy. The principal objective of this paper is to examine the determinants of voting preferences for left-wing political parties in the Czech Republic compared to Hungary and Poland, countries in which the Left significantly improved its standing some time ago. The central hypothesis is that, though the effect of class on voting behavior has been gradually growing in post-communist countries, subjective factors of social stratification (subjective status and income mobility, perception of change in factors determining life-success) are still more important in explaining left-voting than one's objective location in the class structure and intragenerational class mobility between 1989 and 1993. The results and interpretations presented in this article do not take into account the changes in voting behavior in East-Central Europe that have occurred after 1996
Communism · Czech · Democracy · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Surprise · Voting · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
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Capitalism by Democratic Design
Continuity and Change in Eastern Europe
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Who Has Gotten Ahead After the Fall of Communism? The Case of the Czech Republic
Subjective Mobility after 1989. Do People Feel a Social and Economic Improvement or Relative Deprivation
The Decline and Fall of Social Class
The Democratic Class Struggle in the United States, 1948-1992
Interests and Symbols in Post-Communist Political Culture
The Declining Political Significance of Social Class
The Persistence of Classes in Post-Industrial Societies
Are Social Classes Dying
Class Mobility and Political Preferences
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,12 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2005 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |