The article introduces a contemporary and highly controversial Indian politician, Narendra Modi, who appears to have had a tremendous impact on the political culture of India. It provides a brief account of his life, identifies the greatest achievements of his governance in the Indian state of Gujarat, and thereafter, references the most sensitive issues conncted with his existing political mission, as well as his personality traits. Since the article is written some months ahead of the upcoming elections to the Lok Sabha, the Indian parliament, Modi is presented here as a front runner for the post of prime minister., Zdeněk Štipl., and Obsahuje seznam literatury
Monografie navazuje na předešlou Kopečkovu práci Éra nevinnosti: Česká politika 1989-1997 (Brno, Barrister & Principal 2010) a pojednává o okolnostech a důsledcích takzvané opoziční smlouvy, kterou po volbách v roce 1998 uzavřely dvě největší české politické strany - sociální demokracie pod vedením Miloše Zemana a Občanská demokratická strana v čele s Václavem Klausem - o podmínkách tolerance Zemanovy vlády Klausovou opozicí. Předmětem politologického výkladu jsou jak hlavní aktéři tohoto mocenského paktu, tak početná opozice proti němu, které se podařilo zabránit, aby se proměnil ve stabilní systém dominance dvou stran. Přes až přílišnou závislost na žurnalistických pramenech představuje Deformace demokracie? podle recenzenta spolu s autorovou předešlou publikací základní syntézu o českém politickém vývoji po pádu komunistického režimu., The publication under review, whose title translates as "A deformation of democracy? The opposition agreement and Czech politics, 1998-2002", follows on from Kopeček´s Éra nevinnosti: Česká politika 1989-1997 (The age of innocence. Czech politics 1989-97, Brno: Barrister a. Principal, 2010). It is concerned with the circumstances and consequences of what was popularly known as the Opposition Agreement, which, after the general elections of 1998, was signed by the two largest Czech political parties - the Social Democratic Party, led by Miloš Zeman (b. 1944), and the Civic Democratic Party, led by Václav Klaus (b. 1941) - and concerns the terms and conditions under which the Klaus-led opposition would tolerate the Zeman-led government. The focus of this political-science interpretation is not only the main actors of the agreement but also the large opposition to it. The latter ultimately succeeded in preventing the pact from leading to a system run by only two parties. Despite its excessive dependence on journalistic sources, the publication, according to the reviewer, constitutes, together with the author´s preceding volume, a fundamental work on Czech political developments since the collapse of the Communist regime., [autor recenze] Petr Roubal., and Obsahuje bibliografii a bibliografické odkazy