Abstract
The aim of this paper is to explore the politics of ideology formation in relation to the emerging democracies and market economies in the post-Communist world. It will examine the formation of a multitude of ideological tendencies against the backdrop of de-Communization, marketization, democratization and European integration of the region. The basic premise of this preliminary study is that, contrary to the rhetoric that there is no alternative to a narrow, neo-liberal economic dogma, post-Communist transition has generated a distinctive ideological competition between socialist, neo-liberal and national-traditional concerns. The analysis sheds light on the conditions for the meergence and re-orientation of the various ideological tendencies at the lvel of political practice, and the prospects for consensus-building from the ideological perspective.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 28-53 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Central European Political Science Review |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue number | 14 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2003 |