Challenging Trends within Slovak Party System in the Context of 2016 Elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic

The 2016 Elections to the National Council in Slovakia are considered a political earthquake. Social Democrats lost 34 out of 83 seats, the Euro sceptic party SaS almost doubled its representation, the nationalistic Slovak National Party returned to the Parliament with 15 seats and three „newcomers”...

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Autor principal:	Filipec Ondřej
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	CS EN SK
Publicado:	Sciendo 2019
Materias:	party system slovakia institutionalization consolidation 2016 elections fragmentation Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:4b4d6e4eeb7e4158b9754a91d226a2732021-12-02T19:10:28ZChallenging Trends within Slovak Party System in the Context of 2016 Elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic1801-342210.2478/pce-2019-0001https://doaj.org/article/4b4d6e4eeb7e4158b9754a91d226a2732019-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2019-0001https://doaj.org/toc/1801-3422The 2016 Elections to the National Council in Slovakia are considered a political earthquake. Social Democrats lost 34 out of 83 seats, the Euro sceptic party SaS almost doubled its representation, the nationalistic Slovak National Party returned to the Parliament with 15 seats and three „newcomers” entered the Parliament: the (neo) fascist Kotleba – ĽSNS, conservative We are Family (SME RODINA – Boris Kollár) and centrist #Network (#Sieť). Changes in composition raised questions about party system institutionalization and opened a debate about challenging trends within the Slovak party system including fragmentation, aggregation, high volatility, anti-systemness or alternation. Moreover, it again opened the issue of party newness and consolidation. This article deals with current trends in the context of the 2016 elections and tries to examine the current state of the Slovak Party system.Filipec OndřejSciendoarticleparty systemslovakiainstitutionalizationconsolidation2016 electionsfragmentationPolitical scienceJCSENSKPolitics in Central Europe, Vol 15, Iss 1, Pp 7-34 (2019)
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description	The 2016 Elections to the National Council in Slovakia are considered a political earthquake. Social Democrats lost 34 out of 83 seats, the Euro sceptic party SaS almost doubled its representation, the nationalistic Slovak National Party returned to the Parliament with 15 seats and three „newcomers” entered the Parliament: the (neo) fascist Kotleba – ĽSNS, conservative We are Family (SME RODINA – Boris Kollár) and centrist #Network (#Sieť). Changes in composition raised questions about party system institutionalization and opened a debate about challenging trends within the Slovak party system including fragmentation, aggregation, high volatility, anti-systemness or alternation. Moreover, it again opened the issue of party newness and consolidation. This article deals with current trends in the context of the 2016 elections and tries to examine the current state of the Slovak Party system.
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title	Challenging Trends within Slovak Party System in the Context of 2016 Elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic
title_short	Challenging Trends within Slovak Party System in the Context of 2016 Elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic
title_full	Challenging Trends within Slovak Party System in the Context of 2016 Elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic
title_fullStr	Challenging Trends within Slovak Party System in the Context of 2016 Elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic
title_full_unstemmed	Challenging Trends within Slovak Party System in the Context of 2016 Elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic
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Challenging Trends within Slovak Party System in the Context of 2016 Elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic

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