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Slavic Review ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 643-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul G. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
State University ◽  
Pennsylvania State University

scholarly journals The effect of radical right fringe parties on main parties in Central and Eastern Europe: Empirical evidence from manifesto data

2019 ◽  
pp. 135406881986362
Author(s):  
Reinhard Heinisch ◽  
Steven Saxonberg ◽  
Annika Werner ◽  
Fabian Habersack
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Party Manifestos ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Communist Countries ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Sociocultural Issues

Do radical right fringe parties affect main parties in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)? Using data from the Manifesto Project, we analyze the relationship between radical right fringe parties’ and main parties’ policy programs regarding sociocultural issues in six post-communist countries of CEE. Even though radical right fringe parties have participated in government in several of these countries, and in Hungary a fringe party has become the country’s second largest party, our analysis shows that the sociocultural issues in radical right fringe party manifestos do not systematically relate to the changes in main party manifestos regarding those issues. Even if some of the main parties in our study might often agree with the radical right fringe parties, our analysis shows that the latter do not directly influence the policy priorities of the main 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.

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