<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper studies the different positions and the polarization among Slovak political elites due to the European migration crisis and the Union´s migration policy. The inability of collective action at the supranational level is first grounded at the national level. From this basis, the authors differentiate the various standpoints of the selected political leaders and parties towards the current migration wave. Based on this cleavage, we seek to demonstrate the patterns of modern day political party leadership in Slovakia and, secondly, to compare the political response and agendas across the Slovak party system.</p></abstract>

This paper studies the different positions and the polarization among Slovak political elites due to the European migration crisis and the Union´s migration policy. The inability of collective action at the supranational level is first grounded at the national level. From this basis, the authors differentiate the various standpoints of the selected political leaders and parties towards the current migration wave. Based on this cleavage, we seek to demonstrate the patterns of modern day political party leadership in Slovakia and, secondly, to compare the political response and agendas across the Slovak party system.

European Migration Crisis: Positions, Polarization and Conflict Management of Slovak Political Parties

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics

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This paper studies the different positions and the polarization among Slovak political elites due to the European migration crisis and the Union´s migration...

European Migration Crisis: Positions, Polarization and Conflict Management of Slovak Political Parties

Published Online: Oct 17, 2016

Page range: 1 - 25

Received: Jan 18, 2016

Accepted: May 16, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjlp-2016-0001

Keywords
Migration, crisis, European Union, Slovak party system, political leadership

© 2016 Jaroslav Mihálik et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

European Migration Crisis: Positions, Polarization and Conflict Management of Slovak Political Parties

Published Online: Oct 17, 2016

Page range: 1 - 25

Received: Jan 18, 2016

Accepted: May 16, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bjlp-2016-0001

KeywordsMigration, crisis, European Union, Slovak party system, political leadership

© 2016 Jaroslav Mihálik et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Migration, crisis, European Union, Slovak party system, political leadership