Populist, Radical and Extremist Political Parties in Visegrad countries vis a vis the migration crisis. In the name of the people and the nation in Central Europe

STOJAROVÁ, Věra. Populist, Radical and Extremist Political Parties in Visegrad countries vis a vis the migration crisis. In the name of the people and the nation in Central Europe. Open Political Science. De Gruyter Poland, 2018, vol. 1, No 1, p. 32-45. ISSN 2543-8042. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/openps-2018-0001.

Basic information

• Original name: Populist, Radical and Extremist Political Parties in Visegrad countries vis a vis the migration crisis. In the name of the people and the nation in Central Europe
• Authors: STOJAROVÁ, Věra (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Open Political Science, De Gruyter Poland, 2018, 2543-8042.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Article in a journal
• Field of Study: 50601 Political science
• Country of publisher: Poland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: článek
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14230/18:00103338
• Organization unit: Faculty of Social Studies
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/openps-2018-0001
• Keywords in English: Visegrad countries; populism; extremism; radicalism; media; migration crisis
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

The paper looks at the political party scene in Visegrad countries before and after the influx of refugees and compares how much the negative reactions were instrumentalised not only by the extremist and radical right parties but by the newly emerged populist formations as well as the well-established mainstream parties across the whole political spectra. Until the “migration crisis”, the far right parties focused mainly on Roma issue, anti-Semitism, anti-communism, anti-establishment and used anti-NATO, anti-EU, anti-German, anti-Czech, anti-Slovak or anti-Hungarian card. Since 2015, the parties re-oriented against immigrants, more precisely against the Muslims presenting them as a threat and also increased their criticism on the EU. However, the mainstream parties also accepted far right topics and actively promoted them. The result is then mainstreaming of xenophobia, nationalism and marginalization of far right parties as their flexible voters move to the populist subjects.

Links

• MUNI/A/1159/2016, interní kód MU: Name: Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu III.

Investor: Masaryk University, Category A