1st Edition
Far-Right Ecologism Environmental Politics and the Far Right in Hungary and Poland
Introduction 1. Far-Right Ecologism: introducing the spectrum 2. Far Right in Hungary and Poland 3. Greening the Core: The central concepts of FRE 4. The Perimeter: Nostalgia, Autarky, Spirituality and Authority 5. FRE in action: policy and activism Conclusion
Biography
Balša Lubarda is currently a Fulbright fellow at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, UC Berkeley (United States) and the founder of Ideology Research Unit at the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right (CARR). He obtained his PhD from Central European University (Hungary/Austria) in 2021.
‘Lubarda is one of the most rigorously analytical among a new generation of scholars working on the ideological nexus between the Far Right and environmentalism. While his empirical research reaches into areas neglected by most scholarship, this book is also conceptually innovative and thought-provoking. I highly recommend it.’
Jonathan Olsen, Professor and Chair, Department of Social Sciences and Historical Studies, Texas Woman’s University, USA
‘I believe Balsa Lubarda’s book promises to be a very significant contribution. It applies a fitting theoretical approach to rich empirical research on a topic of growing importance: far right thinking about the environment. He points to themes with popular appeal, that cross-sect the usual rural-urban, social class divides, and moderate-radical divides. He also points to opportunities but also problems of building bridges across the political divide to gather broad support for green measures.’
Arlie Russell Hochschild, Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
