The Populist Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Pirro
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Populist Radical Right

scholarly journals Populist Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe: The Different Context and Issues of the Prophets of the Patria

2013 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 600-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea L.P. Pirro
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Homogeneous Group ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
National Party ◽  
Populist Radical Right ◽  
Radical Right Parties ◽  
Historical Legacies

The recent electoral performances of the Bulgarian Ataka, Hungarian Jobbik, and the Slovak National Party seem to confirm the pervasive appeal of the populist radical right in Central and Eastern Europe. Unlike their Western counterparts, these parties do not stem from a ‘silent counter-revolution’. Populist radical right parties in the region retain features sui generis, partly in relation to their historical legacies and the idiosyncrasies of the post-communist context. After distinguishing between pre-communist, communist and post-communist issues, this article discerns commonalities and differences in the ideology of the three parties by a content analysis of the party literatures. The analysis shows that populist radical right parties in Central and Eastern Europe are fairly ‘like minded’, yet they do not constitute an entirely homogeneous group. While a minimum combination of ideological features reveals that only clericalism and opposition to ethnic minorities are shared by all three parties, a maximum combination would extend this to irredentism, anti-corruption and Euroscepticism.

scholarly journals The Environment and Populist Radical Right in Eastern Europe: The Case of National Alliance 2010–2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 8092
Author(s):  
Péteris F Timofejevs
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Policy ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Participatory Approaches ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Populist Radical Right ◽  
Radical Right Parties ◽  
National Alliance

Although the literature on populist radical right parties (PRRP) in Western and Eastern Europe has expanded considerably in the last two decades, relatively little is known about the views on nature and the environment of the PRRP in Eastern Europe. This study focuses on the Latvian PRRP “National Alliance” (NA), which has not only been a coalition government partner since 2011, but occupied a ministerial post tasked with environmental policy from 2014 to 2019. This article examines how the NA viewed nature, the environment, and governance for sustainability in the period 2010–2018, and more specifically, whether and to what extent the NA’s vision of nature and the environment was compatible with its sustainable development position. The study employs qualitative content analysis examining the official party literature. The results indicate that the party’s vision embraced the sustainable development position in its declaratory statements on nature and environmental policy. The NA’s views on governance for sustainability demonstrate a strong statist preference, downplaying more participatory approaches, thus departing from the sustainable development governance position.

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