The Anatomy of Right-Wing Populism
Dealing with Transformational Fatigue in Central and Eastern Europe
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The Anatomy of Right-Wing Populism
Dealing with Transformational Fatigue in Central and Eastern Europe
A multidisciplinary analysis of right-wing populist movements in post-communist Europe and the reasons for their success.
Over the past two decades, populist politicians and parties have enjoyed remarkable success across the globe. To develop a multidisciplinary understanding of the rise and functioning of right-wing populism in Central and Eastern Europe, The Anatomy of Right-Wing Populism examines two original concepts. The first, neo-feudalism, refers to an economic system whereby a relatively small group of elites holds most of the political power and controls a significant portion of the country’s economy. The second concept, neo-traditionalism, is a cultural strategy that aims to legitimize neo-feudal systems. Based on this framework, this volume provides empirical and theoretical analysis of populist movements and offers policy recommendations on how to resist illiberalism.
Over the past two decades, populist politicians and parties have enjoyed remarkable success across the globe. To develop a multidisciplinary understanding of the rise and functioning of right-wing populism in Central and Eastern Europe, The Anatomy of Right-Wing Populism examines two original concepts. The first, neo-feudalism, refers to an economic system whereby a relatively small group of elites holds most of the political power and controls a significant portion of the country’s economy. The second concept, neo-traditionalism, is a cultural strategy that aims to legitimize neo-feudal systems. Based on this framework, this volume provides empirical and theoretical analysis of populist movements and offers policy recommendations on how to resist illiberalism.
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
1 Dealing with transformational fatigue in Central and Eastern Europe
Jan Kubik and Richard C. M. Mole
Part I: Illiberal democracy and right-wing politics
Foreword by Natasza Styczynska
2 The illiberal and neo-traditionalist discursive shift in Poland
Francesco Melito
3 Representations of Russia in Georgian and Ukrainian far-right populist discourses
Michael Cole
Part II: The economics of populism
Foreword by István Benczes
4 Does twenty-first century economic populism exist?
Denis Ivanov
5 Trapped in the past? Examining the difference in individual preferences for governments’ policies to address income inequality between CEE and the West
Paulina Lenik
6 The effect of policies of populist parties in power on economic performance: the case of Hungary
Elena Cossu
Part III: Networks of power and resistance
Foreword by Jan Kubik
7 A diachronic social network analysis of the impact of the populist party system on civil society and the media in Hungary, 1990–2020
Máté Mátyás
8 Conflict zone gender: pillarised society in Poland and the rise of illiberalism
Carolin Heilig
9 Contemporary feminist movements in Central and Eastern Europe: Transnational mobilising against anti-gender alliances
Mina Baginova
Part IV: Populist discourse and the politics of othering
Foreword by Richard C. M. Mole
10 Antisemitism in Serbia and Croatia: a study of antisemitic hate speech on 4chan’s ‘politically incorrect’ board
Tiril Ellingsen Thue
11 A qualitative approach to Islamophobia in Czech public opinion: historical changes, the limits of ‘Muslims’ as a topic, racialisation and understandings of ‘Islam’
Carlos Gómez del Tronco
12 Between right-wing populist discourse and liberal policy: the curious case of Ukrainian migration to Poland
Olena Yermakova
13 Advocating same-sex and ‘natural’ families in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia
Slobodanka Dekic
Part V: Neo-traditionalism and the politics of memory
Foreword by Katerina Králová
14 Resisting ‘leftist dictatorship’? Populism and memory in far-right street politics in Dresden
Sabine Volk
15 Politics of memory in Orbán’s Hungary: the case of the centenary of the Treaty of Trianon in 2020
Andrzej Sadecki
16 Fidesz’s neo-traditionalist pull factors: the Transylvanian Hungarian minority
Ionut-Valentin Chiruta
17 Remedies: going beyond the restoration of the rule of law
Jan Kubik and Richard C. M. Mole
Index
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
1 Dealing with transformational fatigue in Central and Eastern Europe
Jan Kubik and Richard C. M. Mole
Part I: Illiberal democracy and right-wing politics
Foreword by Natasza Styczynska
2 The illiberal and neo-traditionalist discursive shift in Poland
Francesco Melito
3 Representations of Russia in Georgian and Ukrainian far-right populist discourses
Michael Cole
Part II: The economics of populism
Foreword by István Benczes
4 Does twenty-first century economic populism exist?
Denis Ivanov
5 Trapped in the past? Examining the difference in individual preferences for governments’ policies to address income inequality between CEE and the West
Paulina Lenik
6 The effect of policies of populist parties in power on economic performance: the case of Hungary
Elena Cossu
Part III: Networks of power and resistance
Foreword by Jan Kubik
7 A diachronic social network analysis of the impact of the populist party system on civil society and the media in Hungary, 1990–2020
Máté Mátyás
8 Conflict zone gender: pillarised society in Poland and the rise of illiberalism
Carolin Heilig
9 Contemporary feminist movements in Central and Eastern Europe: Transnational mobilising against anti-gender alliances
Mina Baginova
Part IV: Populist discourse and the politics of othering
Foreword by Richard C. M. Mole
10 Antisemitism in Serbia and Croatia: a study of antisemitic hate speech on 4chan’s ‘politically incorrect’ board
Tiril Ellingsen Thue
11 A qualitative approach to Islamophobia in Czech public opinion: historical changes, the limits of ‘Muslims’ as a topic, racialisation and understandings of ‘Islam’
Carlos Gómez del Tronco
12 Between right-wing populist discourse and liberal policy: the curious case of Ukrainian migration to Poland
Olena Yermakova
13 Advocating same-sex and ‘natural’ families in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia
Slobodanka Dekic
Part V: Neo-traditionalism and the politics of memory
Foreword by Katerina Králová
14 Resisting ‘leftist dictatorship’? Populism and memory in far-right street politics in Dresden
Sabine Volk
15 Politics of memory in Orbán’s Hungary: the case of the centenary of the Treaty of Trianon in 2020
Andrzej Sadecki
16 Fidesz’s neo-traditionalist pull factors: the Transylvanian Hungarian minority
Ionut-Valentin Chiruta
17 Remedies: going beyond the restoration of the rule of law
Jan Kubik and Richard C. M. Mole
Index