Towards authoritarianism. Internal situation in the Slovak Republic (1994-1998)
This article discusses the internal situation of the Slovak Republic in the years 1994-1998, the period in which the country was governed by the coalition of Movement for Democratic Slovakia, the Slovak National Party and the Slovak Workers’ Association, and the prime minister was Vladimir Meciar. T...
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ftmickiewiczuni:oai:repozytorium.amu.edu.pl:10593/24620 2023-07-30T04:05:37+02:00 Towards authoritarianism. Internal situation in the Slovak Republic (1994-1998) W stronę autorytaryzmu. Sytuacja wewnętrzna w Republice Słowackiej (1994-1998) Żarna, Krzysztof 2018 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10593/24620 https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2018.23.4.8 eng eng Wydział Nauk Politycznych i Dziennikarstwa UAM Przegląd Politologiczny, 2018, nr 4, s. 103-115. doi:10.14746/pp.2018.23.4.8 1426-8876 http://hdl.handle.net/10593/24620 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Vladimir Meciar Slovak Republik human rights Michal Kovac Mikulas Dzurinda Republika Słowacka prawa człowieka Artykuł 2018 ftmickiewiczuni https://doi.org/10.14746/pp.2018.23.4.8 2023-07-17T18:28:04Z This article discusses the internal situation of the Slovak Republic in the years 1994-1998, the period in which the country was governed by the coalition of Movement for Democratic Slovakia, the Slovak National Party and the Slovak Workers’ Association, and the prime minister was Vladimir Meciar. The main objective of the research was to analyse the actions undertaken by the coalition government in the context of violations of civil and political rights and freedoms, which could indicate an authoritarian way of exercising power and the dismantling of a democratic state of law. In the analysed period, the role of the parliamentary and nonparliamentary opposition was marginalised, the role of the media limited, the rights of national and ethnic minorities violated. There was also an ongoing, sharp conflict between Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar and President Michal Kovac. The effect of this governance was the union of almost all political forces and seizure of power after the elections in 1998. In order to answer the research questions, the author used the method of institutional and legal analysis, decision analysis and the statistical method. The research confirmed the hypothesis that, against the background of other Visegrad Group countries, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary, in the case of Slovakia there were many instances of human rights violations in the period analysed. This led to the drastic deterioration of bilateral relations with many countries and the slowdown of Slovakia’s accession to the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union. Niniejszy artykuł dotyczy sytuacji wewnętrznej Republiki Słowackiej w latach 1994-1998, czyli okresu, w którym rządy w tym państwie sprawowała koalicja Ruchu na rzecz Demokratycznej Słowacji, Słowacka Partia Narodowa i Zrzeszenie Robotników Słowackich, a funkcję premiera pełnił Vladimir Meciar Głównym celem badań była analiza działań podejmowanych przez koalicyjny rząd w kontekście naruszeń praw i wolności obywatelskich i politycznych, co mogło wskazywać na ... Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic AMUR - Adam Mickiewicz University Repository, Poznan Przegląd Politologiczny 4 103 115 |
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This article discusses the internal situation of the Slovak Republic in the years 1994-1998, the period in which the country was governed by the coalition of Movement for Democratic Slovakia, the Slovak National Party and the Slovak Workers’ Association, and the prime minister was Vladimir Meciar. The main objective of the research was to analyse the actions undertaken by the coalition government in the context of violations of civil and political rights and freedoms, which could indicate an authoritarian way of exercising power and the dismantling of a democratic state of law. In the analysed period, the role of the parliamentary and nonparliamentary opposition was marginalised, the role of the media limited, the rights of national and ethnic minorities violated. There was also an ongoing, sharp conflict between Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar and President Michal Kovac. The effect of this governance was the union of almost all political forces and seizure of power after the elections in 1998. In order to answer the research questions, the author used the method of institutional and legal analysis, decision analysis and the statistical method. The research confirmed the hypothesis that, against the background of other Visegrad Group countries, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary, in the case of Slovakia there were many instances of human rights violations in the period analysed. This led to the drastic deterioration of bilateral relations with many countries and the slowdown of Slovakia’s accession to the North Atlantic Alliance and the European Union. Niniejszy artykuł dotyczy sytuacji wewnętrznej Republiki Słowackiej w latach 1994-1998, czyli okresu, w którym rządy w tym państwie sprawowała koalicja Ruchu na rzecz Demokratycznej Słowacji, Słowacka Partia Narodowa i Zrzeszenie Robotników Słowackich, a funkcję premiera pełnił Vladimir Meciar Głównym celem badań była analiza działań podejmowanych przez koalicyjny rząd w kontekście naruszeń praw i wolności obywatelskich i politycznych, co mogło wskazywać na ... |
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