In the past three decades, radical right parties had the opportunity to directly influence political developments from the highest public office in many post-communist Central and Eastern European countries. Oliver Kossack provides the first comprehensive study on government formation with radical right parties in this region. Even after the turn of the millennium, some distinct features of the post-communist context persist, such as coalitions between radical right and centre-left parties. In addition to original empirical insights, the time-sensitive approach of this study also advances the discussion about concepts and methodological approaches within the discipline.
Price: $60.00
Pages: 392
Publisher: transcript publishing
Imprint: transcript publishing
Publication Date:
11 July 2023
Trim Size: 8.86 X 5.83 in
ISBN: 9783837667158
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties
Oliver Kossack, born in 1985, studied social and cultural sciences (BA) and European studies (MA) in Germany and Denmark. From 2015 to 2020, he was a project manager at the NGO Cultures Interactive in Berlin, Germany, focusing on the prevention of right-wing extremism and the promotion of democratic values and human rights. Since 2021, he has been working as personal adviser to the president of the Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). His research interests include radical right parties and movements, the post-communist transformation and strategies for preventing illiberal trends and right-wing extremism in Germany and (Eastern) Europe.
Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
List of tables 9
List of figures 15
List of parties and electoral alliances 17
Acknowledgements 21
1. Introduction 23
2. Radical right parties in the post-Communist party systems of Central and Eastern Europe 37
3. Theories of government formation 59
4. A case-based, configurational, and time-sensitive research design for studying government formation with radical right parties 79
5. Government formation with radical right parties in Central Europe: The Visegrad Four 107
6. Government formation and the radical right in Northeastern and Southeastern Europe: The Baltics and the Balkans 153
7. Calibration: Preparing the data for the crossnational analysis 197
8. Government formation with radical right parties in the nascent post-Communist party systems 215
9. Government formation with radical right parties in the consolidating democracies of Central and Eastern Europe 239
10. Conclusions 283
References 293
Appendices 321
