Soziale Bewegung von rechts: Der Aufstieg der national-radikalen Jobbik-Partei in Ungarn
Social Movement from the Right: The Rise of the National-Radical Jobbik-Party in Hungary

Summary/Abstract: The article reflects the changes in the Hungarian spectrum of political parties during the last decade that led to the electoral success of the Jobbik-Party in 2010. Jobbik could successfully use the opportunity structures that had developed in Hungary after the multiple crises concerning political parties, economy and morals. Important reasons for the success lie in the subcultural involvement as well as Jobbik’s “almost agitational” strategy of refusing to adapt to the discourse of an established party. Whereas the success of extremist parties is often interpreted as an almost compulsory answer to political and economic crises, the article emphasizes Jobbik’s active role in using the opportunities arising from the crisis of the Hungarian political system.

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