Right-wing extremism of the People’s Party–Our Slovakia in the Slovak Republic:
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Ekstremizm prawicowy Partii Ludowej— Nasza Słowacja w Republice Słowackiej: ideologia i praktyka polityczna
Right-wing extremism of the People’s Party–Our Slovakia in the Slovak Republic: ideology and political practice

Author(s): Łukasz Lewkowicz
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Sociology, Politics and society, Radical sociology
Published by: Instytut Europy Środkowej
Keywords: ĽSNS; Marian Kotleba; Slovakia; right-wing extremism

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article was to analyze the ideology of the People’sParty–Our Slovakia (Ľudová strana naše Slovensko, ĽSNS), established in 2009.The first part of the text discusses the definitions of political extremism andthen presents this phenomenon in Slovakia in a historical perspective. Themost important categories of topics discussed by ĽSNS in election programsand party rhetoric, as well as party activity to date were analyzed in detail: thenation, anti-Roma and anti-immigration attitudes, and distance towards theWest.

  • Issue Year: 20/2022
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 175-193
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish