Publication at Faculty of Social Sciences |
2021
Abstract
The formation of political parties and the party system before the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak Republic is one of the marginal topics of research in contemporary political science. Nevertheless, a more detailed examination of the period in the light of political science concepts can provide important insights into the development, functioning and historical legitimacy of the concept of representative democracy.
The example of the Czech national movement is a very good way of documenting how rapid institutional changes have affected the nature and gradual differentiation of political representation.