Populist Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe: The Different Context and Issues of the Prophets of the Patria

The recent electoral performances of the Bulgarian Ataka, Hungarian Jobbik, and the Slovak National Party seem to confirm the pervasive appeal of the populist radical right in Central and Eastern Europe. Unlike their Western counterparts, these parties do not stem from a ‘silent counter-revolution’. Populist radical right parties in the region retain features sui generis , partly in relation to their historical legacies and the idiosyncrasies of...