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Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe: Mainstream Party Competition and Electoral Fortune book cover

1st Edition

Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe Mainstream Party Competition and Electoral Fortune

By Bartek Pytlas Copyright 2016
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

260 Pages 34 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In Central and Eastern Europe, radical right actors significantly impact public debates and mainstream policy agenda. But despite this high discursive influence, the electoral fortune of radical right parties in the region is much less stable. It has been suggested that this may be due to the fact that mainstream competitors increasingly co-opt issues which are fundamental for the radical right.... Read more

1. The Puzzle of Radical Right Electoral Fortune in Central and Eastern Europe: Introductory Remarks  2. The Radical Right and Their Mainstream Competitors in Central and Eastern Europe  3. Contest over Meaning: Theoretical Framework and Narrative Interaction Model of Radical Right Electoral Fortune  4. Bulwark of Christianity? Morality Debates in Poland  5. Defense against Hungarian Dominance? Minority Debates in Slovakia  6. A Second Trianon? Nemzetpolitika Debates in Hungary  7. Jobbik and Anti-Roma Minority Debates  8. Discursive Influence, Party Competition and Electoral Fortune: Comparative Results and Conclusions

Biography

Bartek Pytlas received his doctoral degree in Comparative Political Science from European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder). He is currently Lecturer at the Geschwister Scholl Institute of Political Science, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. His research interests include the electoral performance of radical right parties, comparative party competition, as well as transformation of societies and party systems in Europe.

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