Ideological Profiling of the Political Party ANO 2011 and Its Relationship to Right-Wing Political Parties

This thesis analyzes how a new political party ANO 2011 operates in the Czech party system. The main objective is to find out if ANO 2011 is profiling as another right-wing party - in the context of the decrease of electoral votes of political parties ODS and TOP 09 - and whether this profiling influences the perspective on both parties. The first chapter introduces the theory of party systems using the concept of Giovanni Sartori. The following chapter deals with the theory of political parties, where particular emphasis is placed on developmental typology. The final chapter of the theoretical section deals with Klaus von Beyme's theory of party families. In the analytical portion, the attention is first directed to the comprehensive definition of the aspects that allow us to express ANO 2011 theoretically. Based on the analysis, ANO 2011 is defined within the party system, typology, and party families. The second part of the analytical portion focuses on the relationship of ANO 2011 with the right-wing parties ODS and TOP 09. This part analyzes whether there is an overlap between the election programs of ODS and TOP 09 and the ideological profiling of ANO 2011. Subsequently I theorize whether this aspect influences the future development of both parties. The findings indicate that ANO 2011..