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The post-communist left and the European Union: The Czech Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM) and the German Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS)
This article traces the development of two post-communist parties—the Czech KSCM and the German PDS—illustrating how they may continue to shape hard left policy in an expanded European Union (EU). It analyses three policy areas in detail (security and defense policy, employment policy and policies towards the institutional reform of the EU) and argues that, providing the parties avoid internal ideological conflict, they may come to play significant roles in influencing hard left policy in future years. The PDS is likely to act as a bridge for other hard left groups with more conservative agendas while the much larger KSCM may attempt to shift the ideological balance back towards more structurally conservative anti-capitalist policies.
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Communist and Post-Communist StudiesISSN
0967-067XPublisher
ElsevierIssue
3Volume
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319-339Pages
21.0Department affiliated with
- Politics Publications
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2012-02-06Usage metrics
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