Jobbik's successes. An analysis of its success in the comparative context of the V4 countries

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 323-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Mareš ◽  
Vratislav Havlík
Keyword(s):  
Political Movements ◽  
Extreme Right ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
National Assembly ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Major Player ◽  
Negotiation Style ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
Democratic Parties ◽  
Extreme Right Parties

The success of Jobbik, an extreme-right party in Hungary, is unique in its success compared with other extreme right parties in the Visegrad 4 countries of Central Europe. In contrast to parties in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, Jobbik has managed to make substantial electoral gains and is a major player in the National Assembly in Hungary. This paper discusses five factors that show how the rise of Jobbik was possible. They are: a tradition of extreme right political movements, a party cleavage structure shaped by morals rather than socioeconomics, a specific national electoral geography, the negotiation style of the party and finally its reaction on the crisis of traditional democratic parties. In contrast to the other V4 nations, only Hungary has these elements present. This text explores each of these factors in a comparative context to demonstrate how Jobbik was able to take advantage of Hungarian political conditions in a way that extreme right parties in other Central European nations cannot.

scholarly journals Political and ideological normalization: quality of government, mainstream-right ideological positions and extreme-right support

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Christos Vrakopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Extreme Right ◽  
Far Right ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Electoral Support ◽  
Radical Right Parties ◽  
Post War ◽  
Democratic Parties ◽  
Party Family ◽  
Extreme Right Parties

Abstract This article aims to explain the variation in the electoral support for extreme-right parties (ERPs) in Europe. The extant literature on the far-right party family does not answer this question specifically with regard to the extreme-right variants for two main reasons. Firstly, theories did not expect the electoral success of these parties in post-war Europe due to their anti-democratic profiles and association with fascism. Secondly, despite the fact that they acknowledge the differences between the parties under the far-right umbrella – namely, the extreme and the radical – they normally do not take these differences into account, and if so, they focus on the radical-right parties. This article shows that electoral support for ERPs is associated with low quality of government and highly conservative mainstream-right parties. The former creates political legitimization for anti-democratic parties and the latter ideological normalization of extreme right.

Czech extreme right parties an unsuccessful story

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-298 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslav Mareš
Keyword(s):  
Political Development ◽  
Party System ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Extreme Right ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Past ◽  
Marginal Part ◽  
Political Spectrum ◽  
Near Future ◽  
Extreme Right Parties

This article describes the extreme right in the Czech Republic, where, in contrast to several other countries of Central and Eastern Europe, this part of the political spectrum has been unsuccessful for the past ten years. The aim of this article is to analyse the position of the extreme right in the Czech party system and the internal ideological and strategic cleavages within the extreme right. The conclusion of this article is that organized party-political extremism is after two decades of modern political development only a marginal part of the Czech political spectrum, with many internal problems and without real chances of significant success in the near future.

scholarly journals Effect of water features proximity on farmland prices in a landlocked country: the consequences for planning

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 18-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Sekáč ◽  
M. Šálek ◽  
A. Wranová ◽  
P. Kumble ◽  
P. Sklenička
Keyword(s):  
Water Resources Planning ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Land Prices ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Real Estate Brokers ◽  
Farmland Prices ◽  
Agricultural Use ◽  
Resources Planning ◽  
Significant Factors

Conversion of farmland to non-farm uses significantly influences the spatial variability of farmland prices. We tested 12 factors of land prices that experienced real estate brokers indicated to be the most important determinants for the conversion of farmland to non-agricultural use. Five factors can be described as landscape, four as geographic, and three as climatic explanatory variables influencing farmland prices. Our results indicate that the two most powerful factors in explaining the sales price per square metre were proximity to a river and proximity to a lake. In both cases, the price of land diminished significantly with the increasing distance from the edge of water bodies, so the prices in their immediate vicinity are 3.5 to 3.7 times higher than the prices of similar lands more than 5 km from the edge of a water body. The other significant factors were population size of the nearest municipality and percentage representation of forest. The fact that the two most powerful factors indicate the distance to a river, brook, lake or pond shows how important are these freshwater features as determinants of farmland prices in a landlocked country such as the Czech Republic, where this study was performed. The consequences of this finding for water resources planning and management are discussed.

scholarly journals The Evolving Interplay between Islam and Politics: From Islamist to Islamic Democrat

ICR Journal ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 154-164
Author(s):  
Waqas Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Vital Role ◽  
The Other ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Islam And Politics ◽  
Muslim Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Inclusive Approach ◽  
Democratic Parties ◽  
The One ◽  
Democratic Elections

Islam is unique in its relationship with politics. It plays a vital role in politics and governance, initially under the Rashidun and subsequently in many Muslim empires. The collapse of the Ottoman caliphate in 1924 and the process of decolonisation which started in the mid-twentieth-century led to the start of many Islamic political movements in newly independent Muslim countries. These movements now sit at a critical juncture, with Muslims around the world being polarised around two political extremes. On the one hand, we have Islamic radical groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda, while on the other hand we have secular parties which do not see any role for Islam in politics and governance in Muslim countries. In response, many traditional Islamist parties are now evolving into Muslim democratic parties. Unlike Islamists, Muslim democrats take a more inclusive approach, preferring to integrate Islamic religious values into political platforms designed to win regular democratic elections. The Ennahda Party of Tunisia is one Muslim party that reflects this evolution. R. Ghannouchi, who outlined Ennahdas transition, has argued that Tunisians today are less concerned about Islamisation or secularisationthan with building a democratic government that is inclusive and meets their aspirations for a better life. This paper is an attempt to investigate this shift and its consequences for Islamism across the Muslim world.

Capturing the Ideological Identities of Extreme Right Parties

2011 ◽  
pp. 94-112
Author(s):  
Sarah Harrison ◽  
Michael Bruter
Keyword(s):  
Extreme Right ◽  
Extreme Right Parties
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