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Catholicism Meets Liberalism in Eastern Europe: The Ideological Formation of Christian Democratic Parties in Czechoslovakia (1945–1948)

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  • Krystof Dolezal

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Comparative politics considers the Western European model of Christian democracy to be absent in Eastern Europe. Hence, little is known about the ideological and institutional specificity of the local Christian democracies. I revise and complement this scholarship through a historical analysis exploring the formation of Christian democratic parties in the Third Czechoslovak Republic (1945–1948). I unearth this legacy’s origins and document how the newly organised Christian democratic parties transmitted and localised conceptual innovations developed by their Western counterparts. Besides redescribing the boundaries of the Christian democratic party family, the findings complicate regional generalisations on the nexus between liberalism, nationalism, and religion.

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  • Krystof Dolezal, 2025. "Catholicism Meets Liberalism in Eastern Europe: The Ideological Formation of Christian Democratic Parties in Czechoslovakia (1945–1948)," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 77(9), pages 1405-1433, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:77:y:2025:i:9:p:1405-1433
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2025.2568216
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