The Radical Right in Eastern Europe

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenka Buštíková
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
East European ◽  
Radical Right Parties ◽  
Minority Policies ◽  
West European

The radical right in Eastern Europe is similar to its West European cousins in its emphasis on mobilization against minorities. Until recently, that mobilization was exclusively against minorities with electoral rights who have been settled for centuries. The arrival of more than a million Syrian refugees in Europe expanded the portfolio of minorities to rally against and, paradoxically, Westernized the East European radical right in its opposition to Islam and migrants with non-European backgrounds. However, this chapter argues that the radical right in Eastern Europe has three unique characteristics that distinguish it from its older West European cousins: (1) left-leaning positions on the economy, (2) linkages between identity and political opening, which leads to the association of minority policies with democratization, and (3) the coexistence of radical right parties with radicalized mainstream parties.

The League of Polish Families between East and West, past and present

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 527-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah L. de Lange ◽  
Simona Guerra
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
European Country ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Historical Legacy ◽  
East European ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
Radical Right Parties ◽  
Historical Legacies

Historical legacies play an important role in the rise of radical right parties in Central and Eastern Europe. This article conducts an in-depth study of the trajectory of a particular radical right party, the League of Polish Families, in a particular Central and East European country, Poland. The central objective of the article is to highlight that, although there are important similarities between the League of Polish Families and other radical right parties in both Central and Eastern Europe and Western Europe, the League of Polish Families differs in some respects, such as the composition of electorate and ideology from these parties. The article shows that the observed differences have their roots in the Polish historical legacy, that on some accounts deviates from the historical legacies present in other Central and East European countries.

scholarly journals The Environment and Populist Radical Right in Eastern Europe: The Case of National Alliance 2010–2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 8092
Author(s):  
Péteris F Timofejevs
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Populist Radical Right ◽  
Radical Right Parties ◽  
National Alliance

Although the literature on populist radical right parties (PRRP) in Western and Eastern Europe has expanded considerably in the last two decades, relatively little is known about the views on nature and the environment of the PRRP in Eastern Europe. This study focuses on the Latvian PRRP “National Alliance” (NA), which has not only been a coalition government partner since 2011, but occupied a ministerial post tasked with environmental policy from 2014 to 2019. This article examines how the NA viewed nature, the environment, and governance for sustainability in the period 2010–2018, and more specifically, whether and to what extent the NA’s vision of nature and the environment was compatible with its sustainable development position. The study employs qualitative content analysis examining the official party literature. The results indicate that the party’s vision embraced the sustainable development position in its declaratory statements on nature and environmental policy. The NA’s views on governance for sustainability demonstrate a strong statist preference, downplaying more participatory approaches, thus departing from the sustainable development governance position.

Christian Religiosity and Voting for West European Radical Right Parties

2009 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 985-1011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Arzheimer ◽  
Elisabeth Carter
Keyword(s):  
Radical Right ◽  
Radical Right Parties ◽  
West European

West European Politics in Turmoil?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Erik R. Tillman
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Electoral Politics ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Electoral Support ◽  
West European Politics ◽  
Radical Right Parties ◽  
National Boundaries ◽  
West European

This chapter introduces the puzzle and motivation for the book. Rising support for populist radical right parties in Western Europe and increasing polarization over European integration represent a change from the politics of the 1990s. Radical right parties or candidates have achieved new levels of electoral support in many West European countries. At the same time, though, mainstream values have become increasingly liberal. Thus, recent years have not simply seen a resurgence of right-wing nationalism in Western Europe; they have seen greater polarization concerning issues of national identity and community. In short, West European electoral politics is evolving from conflict based around cleavages such as class to a new dimension of conflict centring on questions of identity, culture, and the demarcation of national boundaries. This chapter reviews existing accounts of this electoral evolution before providing an overview of this book’s arguments and findings.

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