Civilia 2019, 10(1):23-49 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2019.002
In recent years, Central Europe has witnessed an increase in electoral support for far-right political parties. The aim of the study is to elaborate a detailed contextual analysis of the development and present position of three selected Central European far-right political parties (SPD in the Czech Republic, Kotleba-ĽSNS in Slovakia and Jobbik in Hungary) in the context of the last parliamentary elections held in 2016 at Slovakia, in 2017 in the Czech Republic and in 2018 in Hungary, and focusing on programmatic, ideology and rhetoric of the parties. The main findings include that nationalism (nativism in the case of SPD, neo-fascism in the case of Kotleba-LSNS and nativism combined with xenophobia and anti-Semitism in the case of Jobbik) constitute the ideological basis of all subjects examined. Based on the ideological definition, the SPD movement can be included in the group of ultra-right populists, Kotleba-ĽSNS is a representative of neo-fascists, and Jobbik's ideological profile corresponds to a group of ultra-right populists to ultra-conservative nationalists Thus, the analysis shows that the parties examined have a different than similar identity, as evidenced by their dissimilar ideology, programmatic and rhetoric.
Předkládaný text je dílčím výstupem z projektu financovaného z Interního grantového systému Metropolitní univerzity Praha, č. E26-66.
Published: June 15, 2019 Show citation
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