Populism in Central and Eastern Europe

"The rise of illiberal democracies across Central and Eastern Europe represents an on-going threat to the democratic and liberal values of post-Enlightenment societies. There remains considerable debate, however, about how to disentangle the diverse factors that have contributed to this phenomenon and more clearly diagnose the issues shaping the political landscape. In this forensic analysis of the populist phenomenon, Populism in Central and Eastern Europe re-examines the origins of the current political situation by tracing the historical development of Central and Eastern European populism. From late nineteenth-century Imperial Russia to Viktor Orbâan's Hungary and Jaroslaw Kaczyânski's Poland, this book highlights fresh strategies for addressing these longstanding political issues"-- Provided by publisher.

About the author

Roman Krakovsky is Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa. His recent publications include State and Society in Communist Czechoslovakia: Transforming the Everyday from WWII to the Fall of the Berlin Wall (I. B. Tauris, 2018) and L'Europe centrale et orientale. De 1918 à la chute du mur de Berlin (A. Colin, 2017). He is currently working on Central and Eastern Europe since 1815: A History in Maps (McGill-Queen’s UP, forthcoming in 2026) and contributing to L’Histoire de l’Europe, Vol. IV. Période contemporaine (Humensis, forthcoming in 2027).

Product details

• Authors: Roman Krakovsky, Krakovsky Roman
• Publisher: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2025
• EAN: 9781805398349
• ISBN: 978-1-80539-834-9
• No. of pages: 222
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Eastern Europe, HISTORY / Europe / Eastern, Fascism & Nazism, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Far-right political ideologies and movements, Marxism & Communism