Czech nationalism
Czech nationalism is a form of
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk abroad, endorsed the idea of independence from Austro-Hungarian rule.[1]
After 1918 and the creation of Czechoslovakia, the absolute majority of Czech politicians and society adopted Czechoslovakism, that is, the notion of a unified state including Slovakia.[2]
The transformation of Czechoslovakia into a liberal market economy during the years 1990-1992 saw disputes between Czechs and Slovaks about the character of the Czechoslovak federation. Separatist forces were strengthened by Slovak nationalist aspirations as well as by Czech economic nationalism, the latter based on the perception that the Czech lands were subsidizing less-developed Slovakia. Czechoslovakia was divided into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with the Czech Republic becoming independent on 1 January 1993.[3]
List of Czech nationalist political parties
Current nationalist parties or parties with nationalist factions
Right-wing
- Freedom and Direct Democracy
- Unified – Alternative for Patriots
- Tricolour Citizens' Movement
- Civic Democratic Party
- Civic Conservative Party
- Svobodní
- Party of Common Sense
- National Democracy
- Workers' Party of Social Justice
Left-wing
- Czech National Social Party
- National Socialists – Left of the 21st century
- Party of Civic Rights
- Czech National Socialist Party
- Czech Sovereignty
See also
Notes
- ISBN 0-12-227230-7. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ^ Zdeněk L. Suda (2001). "The Curious Side of Modern Czech Nationalism" (PDF). University of Pittsburgh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ISBN 0-8133-2922-1.