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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.
Sommario
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.
Info autore
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.
Riassunto
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.
Prefazione
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.
