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Association: Name: Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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Rizova, Tatiana. "Successor Party Adaptation in Candidate-Centered Systems: the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia and the Czech Social Democratic Party in the Czech Republic" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, <Not Available>. 2009-11-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p362644_index.html>

Rizova, T. "Successor Party Adaptation in Candidate-Centered Systems: the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia and the Czech Social Democratic Party in the Czech Republic" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL <Not Available>. 2009-11-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p362644_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: The paper explores the adaptation of CSSD and KSCM to open-list proportional representation system. Candidate-centered ballots allow voters to select or rank candidates; voter input, I argue, gives ex-communist party leaders the incentive to delegate candidate selection to district-level decision makers. Local decision makers are better informed about the prospects of legislative candidates in their districts than national-level leaders. Moreover, ex-communist party leaders who wish to attract the votes of people who reject communist regime will nominate a lower proportion of candidates with links to that regime. The incentives to rid the party ranks of communist legacies are higher in systems with a candidate-centered ballot than in systems with a party-centered ballot._x000d_The comparative analysis of the adaptations of CSSD and KSCM shows that the former has decentralized candidate selection while the latter retained hierarchical decision-making. The Social Democrats have purged their ranks from candidates with authoritarian links while the Communists are still run by leaders with links to the communist dictatorship. Unlike the orthodox party, the reformed one excels at playing the electoral game.

Communist Party Support in Post-Communist Czech Republic

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