1st Edition
The Populist Radical Right in Central and Eastern Europe Ideology, impact, and electoral performance
1. Introduction PART I CONTEXT AND TEXT 2. The Context and Issues of the Prophets of the Patria 3. The Ideology of the Populist Radical Right in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Slovakia PART II SUPPLY AND DEMAND 4. Exploring the Dimensionality and Assessing the Impact of Populist Radical Right Parties 5. Demand and Supply: The Electoral Performance of the Populist Radical Right 6. Conclusions Appendix A List of Consulted Country Experts Appendix B Country Expert Questionnaire Appendix C Expert Surveys’ Scores Appendix D List of Survey Questions Index
Biography
Andrea L. P. Pirro holds an M.A. in Politics from the University of Sheffield and a Ph.D. in Comparative and European Politics from the University of Siena. He is joint convenor of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group on Extremism & Democracy. His research interests include the relation between extremism and democracy, populism, Euroscepticism, social and political change in Europe, parties and elections. His work appeared in Government and Opposition, East European Politics, as well as a number of edited volumes. He is a regular media commentator on populist and radical politics.
