... to counter the right. The left is unwilling to work together. Since the KSCM did not reform itself it left the Czech Republic without a reformed Communist party, this is unique in central Europe. The situation involving the uncooperativeness of the above mentioned parties caused a divide in the left between the CSSD and ... government rather then just a European government and that the local governments in each city should control all of the means of production. Conclusion The Communist Party in the Czech Republic did not reform in the same way that the other political parties did. They ...

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... what the futures of these two countries would be. In January 1968, In Czechoslovakia, in the spring of 1968-later referred to as the "Prague Spring-- Alexander Dubcek, a leading Slovak Communist Party Member, was made president of Czechoslovakia and begun a new approach to governing the republic. He called it "socialism with a face- and he enacted a wave of reforms that would include ... would guarantee civil rights and most importantly it would lift the ban on censorship. These new reforms really affected the Czechoslovakians and on May 1 " a day the communist world traditionally celeb...

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... The three countries- Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland- all have very similar historical backgrounds having some sort of democratic institutions present previous to the establishment of the communist rule in the region. All three entered the transition period after the fall of communism and moved towards constitutionalising democracy. Although, today all three countries are at similar ... greater involvement in politics. (Freedom House, 2014) Although, cases of corruption like the one of Norbert Wojnarowski who was buying votes for a favoured candidate of his by bribing party del...

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