Populist Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe

<p>Often neglected in the study of far right organisations post-communist Europe recently witnessed the rise and fall of a number of populist radical right parties. <i>The Populist Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe </i>is the first comparative study to focus on the ideology impact and electoral performance of this party family in the region. The book advances a series of arguments concerning the context and text of these parties and systematically analyses the supply-side and demand-side of populist radical right politics. Whilst populist radical right parties in Central and Eastern Europe maintain broad similarities with their West European counterparts they come across as a distinct phenomenon worthy of study in their own right. Parties like Ataka (Bulgaria) Jobbik (Hungary) and the SNS (Slovakia) resort to historical legacies and contextual idiosyncrasies to frame their ideology; interact with other parties over a number of policy areas; and ultimately compete for public office on the basis of their nativist agenda. </p>