WORD FROM THE EDITOR The Rise of European Populism
The emergence of a new political right-wing club in the European Parliament raises legitimate questions on the nature of European Radical populism. What, if anything, have Le Pen’s voters in common with Vadim Tudor’s ones? Is populism in ‘old Europe’ the same animal as populism in ‘new’ Europe, at least enough to generate a common...
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The paper analyses findings of two surveys of value orientations spread among political and economic elites in Serbia, carried out in 1989 and 2003/04. The analysis is focused on two pairs of mutually conflicting orientations: political liberalism vs. authoritarian collectivism, and market liberalism vs. redistributive statism. The spread of these orientations in the two periods...
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Although many studies have addressed the electoral success of right-wing parties and, in particular, the French National Front, no analysis has so far explored departmental differences in the share of votes. This analysis fills this gap by evaluating socio-structural factors and intervening institutional and political variables that have influenced the electoral success of the radical...
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The attempts to explain the causes and character of nationalist policies in the post-Yugoslav states. In the region that historically belonged to Yugoslavia and that today entails six Yugoslav successor states, with a seventh one (Kosovo) probably emerging from the remainders of the Yugoslav federation, historical memories and politically interpreted images of the past used...
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Politicians and political scientists invariably use the term ‘populism’ to designate persons or movements they do not like or would not like to have come to power. To be called a ‘populist’ is to be insulted and, if possible, excluded from ‘respectable’ liberal democratic practice. This short essay tries to define populism in a ‘neutral’...
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For some authors, Euro-skepticism represents one of the great recipes for success of the new anti-establishment parties in European Union opposing Europeanization and globalization and occupying some policy fields along the globalism-nationalism cleavage (Frölich-Steffen/Rensmann 2007:124). This article describes how and to which extent Euro-skepticism plays a role in the German party system. The article considers...
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There were at least four situations in which European and American stances over how international politics should be conducted clashed and in which Romania was pressured to take one side or another: International Child Adoptions, Kyoto Protocol, International Criminal Court and War in Iraq. Why did Romania decide to align sometimes with the US and...
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Romania’s accession to the European Union in 2007 provided Europe with an odd new neighbor. The small country of Moldova (4.3 millions inhabitants, with only two thirds de facto residing there) was pictured by The Economist in 1995 as “a perfect lab for the enacting of reforms” and a “model” for the right approach to...
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