Confederacy — the polish new right wing between tradition and modernity Cover Image

Confederacy — the polish new right wing between tradition and modernity
Confederacy — the polish new right wing between tradition and modernity

Author(s): Jarosław Tomasiewicz
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Theory, Government/Political systems
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Confederacy for Freedom and Independence; populism; conservatism; far-right; alt-right

Summary/Abstract: Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległość (Confederacy for Freedom and Independence) is new, far-right force in Poland. Success of the KWiN broke political monopoly of the Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice) party on the right wing. The paper examines structure, strategy, ideology and social basis of the Confederacy. This new formation amalgamating cultural conservatism and economic liberalism is similar rather to American Trumpism and alt-right than the protest movements of Western-European right wing populism.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 30
  • Page Range: 7-32
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: English