Extreme Reactions - Radical Right Mobilization in Eastern Europe

Shows that the acquisition of political power and demand for rights by ascendant minority groups in Eastern Europe has precipitated a backlash of radical right mobilization.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. A theory of radical right mobilization; 3. Radical right parties in cross-national perspective; 4. Mobilization against Hungarians in Slovakia; 5. Mobilization against Russians in Ukraine; 6. Conclusion.

About the author

Lenka Bustikova is Associate Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University. She serves as editor of East European Politics. She received the 2015 Best Article Prize, awarded by the American Political Science Association's European Politics and Society Section, and the 2017 Best Paper Prize, awarded by the American Political Science Association's Comparative Democratization Section.

Summary

Extending the study of the populist right to Eastern Europe, this book examines how anger and resentment towards minorities is being exploited in politics. Bustikova details the process by which the acquisition of political power and demand for rights by ascendant minority groups precipitates a backlash of mobilization from the radical right.

Product details

• Authors: Lenka Bustikova, Lenka (Arizona State University) Bustikova
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9781108482653
• ISBN: 978-1-108-48265-3
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sozialtheorie, Ungarn, Russland, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), UdSSR, Sowjetunion, Europäische Geschichte, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Political Parties, Politische Parteien, History of Ideas, Eastern Europe, Russia, European History, Social Theory, Vergleichende Politikwissenschaften, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, HISTORY / Social History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Social Theory, HISTORY / Europe / Austria & Hungary, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Politics & government, Comparative Politics, Hungary, Politics and government, Political parties and party platforms, HISTORY / Russia / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Soviet