The Radical Right in Postsocialist Central and Eastern Europe: Comparative Observations and Interpretations
The Radical Right in Postsocialist Central and Eastern Europe: Comparative Observations and Interpretations
Author(s): Michael MinkenbergSubject(s): Political history, Government/Political systems, Comparative politics, Nationalism Studies, Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Central and Eastern Europe; radical right; post-socialism; nationalism; fascism; breakup of Soviet Empire; socialist regimes;
Summary/Abstract: The writer Tom Wolfe is said to have observed that "the specter of fascism is constantly hovering over America but always seems to land in Europe." With the break-up of the Soviet empire and the world of socialist (and " anti-fascist") regimes in Eastern Europe, there seems to be even more landing ground now. But in contrast to the widespread literature on the transformation process in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), scholarly attention to right-wing radical or ultranationalist parties and movements in the region and their impact on democratic consolidation is scattered. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 16/2002
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 335-362
- Page Count: 28
- Language: English
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