Extreme Reactions: Radical Right Mobilization in Eastern Europe (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781108482653)

Focusing on the rising support for the populist right in Eastern Europe, this book examines how anger and resentment towards minorities is being utilized 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. However, this book also argues that prejudice against minorities is not a sentiment exclusive to right-wing voters and is not the root cause of increasing support for the radical right. Rather, this study reveals variation in how minorities are accommodated by the government and explains the electoral successes and failures of radical right parties. By examining the capitalization on these feelings of discontent towards politically assertive minorities and with the governmental policies that yield to their demands, Bustikova exposes volatile, zeitgeist-dependent conditions under which once fringe right-wing parties have risen to prominent but precarious positions of power.

Author: Lenka Bustikova
ISBN-10: 1108482651
ISBN-13: 9781108482653
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/24/2019
Pages: 300
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d