Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe: Mainstream Party Competition and Electoral Fortune

ISBN-13: 9780815348320 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017

Germany) Bartek (University of Munich Pytlas

Opis

This book is the first to provide a systematic theoretical framework and in-depth empirical research on the interaction between discursive influence, party competition and the electoral fortune of radical right parties in Central and Eastern Europe. It argues that in order to fully explain the impact of mainstream party strategies in this regard, it is vital to widen the analysis beyond competition over issues themselves, and towards their various legitimizing narratives and frame ownership. Up-to-date debates over policies of collective identity (minority, morality and nationalizing politics) in Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia serve as best cases to observe these under-researched phenomena. The analytical model is evaluated comparatively using original, primary data combined with election studies and expert surveys.

Recenzje

"Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe: Mainstream Party Competition and Electoral Fortune" has received the Gero Erdmann Comparative Area Studies Award 2018 from Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft/Governance and Politics (ZfVP).

Spis treści

1. The Puzzle of Radical Right Electoral Fortune in Central and Eastern Europe: Introductory Remarks  2. The Radical Right and Their Mainstream Competitors in Central and Eastern Europe  3. Contest over Meaning: Theoretical Framework and Narrative Interaction Model of Radical Right Electoral Fortune  4. Bulwark of Christianity? Morality Debates in Poland  5. Defense against Hungarian Dominance? Minority Debates in Slovakia  6. A Second Trianon? Nemzetpolitika Debates in Hungary  7. Jobbik and Anti-Roma Minority Debates  8. Discursive Influence, Party Competition and Electoral Fortune: Comparative Results and Conclusions