Center-Right Parties
in Slovakia:
From Failures to Success
GRIGORIJ MESEŽNIKOV
CONTENTS:
I. INTRODUCTION
II. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SLOVAK CENTER RIGHT
AND FACTORS INFLUENCING IT
III. CENTER-RIGHT PARTIES AS INITIATORS OF SYSTEMIC
CHANGES AFTER 1989
IV. INITIAL CONFLICTS: DEFYING REFORMS AND CONTROVERSY OVER
THE STATE MODEL FOR CZECHOSLOVAKIA
V. REORGANIZATION OF THE CENTER RIGHT IN ITS FIGHT
AGAINST AUTHORITARIANISM
VI. THE CENTER RIGHT HEADS THE REFORM BLOC AFTER
THE PRINCIPAL CHANGE IN 1998
VII. A CENTER-RIGHT GOVERNMENT OF REFORMS AFTER 2002
VIII. CONCLUSION