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@article{ Vlachova2000,
 title = {Rise and Decline of Right-Wing Extremism in the Czech Republic in the 1990s},
 author = {Vlachova, Klara and Kreidl, Martin},
 journal = {Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review},
 number = {1},
 pages = {69-91},
 volume = {8},
 year = {2000},
 urn = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53232},
 abstract = {Explores the recent history, regional correlates, & social background of right-wing extremism in the Czech Republic, namely of the republican party (SPR-RSC). After briefly describing the development of right-wing extremism in the Czech Republic over the last decade, sociological theories about the rise of the extreme Right in Europe are reviewed & their applicability to the SPR-RSC assessed. Findings reveal that social background does not distinguish republican voters from their counterparts in other European countries. Consequently, electoral volatility between left- & right-wing parties & the SPR-RSC is analyzed, placing the party somewhere in the Left part of the Czech political spectrum. Next, some regional correlates of Czech right-wing extremism are investigated. A higher inclination toward right-wing extremism is found in rural regions with high unemployment & crime rates. Suggested in conclusion are possible explanations for the SPR-RSC's failure in the elections for the Chamber of Deputies in June 1998. It is argued that social insecurity & rising unemployment may have led a number of SPR-RSC supporters to vote Left. Further, the SPR-RSC failed to mobilize nonvoters & first-time voters in 1998.},
}