Where Slovakia is and Where it Came From: Contentious Post-Communist Politics

Session Submission Type: Panel

Brief Description

Framed by the larger comparative literature and historical context, these scholars explore dimensions of Slovakia’s political landscape that have evolved historically to create contemporary challenges in the functioning of a society riven by multiple cleavages: multi-ethnic, rural-urban and within the political elite.

Sub Unit

• Politics/Law

Chair

• Marty Manor Mullins, Flathead Valley Community College

Papers

• Do Hungarian Parties Give Hungarian Slovaks the Laws They Want?: A Quantitative Analysis of National Council Legislation from 1993 to 2024 - Joel Fetzer, Pepperdine U

• Wine and Democracy: On the Evolution of Slovak Progressive Populism - Juraj Buzalka, Comenius U (Slovakia)

Discussant

• Carol Skalnik Leff, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign