The Hungarian Far Right

This timely book examines far-right politics in Hungarybut its relevance points much beyond Hungary.

Autorentext

Péter Krekó, PhD, is a social psychologist and political scientist. He is the executive director of Political Capital Institute. He worked as a Fulbright Visiting Professor in the United States at the Central Eurasian Studies Department, and a faculty member at the Russian and Eastern European Institute of Indiana University. He is the author of several academic articles and analyses on the contemporary far right in Europe and member of the pool of experts of the EU Radicalisation Awareness Network Centre for Excellence. He has published articles on the topic in Foreign Affairs, Newsweek, and the Financial Times as well.

Klappentext

This timely book examines far-right politics in Hungary-but its relevance points much beyond Hungary. With its two main players, the radical right Jobbik and populist right Fidesz, it is an essentially Eastern European, European, and global phenomenon. Jobbik and Fidesz, political parties with a populist, nativist, authoritarian approach, Eastern and pro-Russian orientation, and strong anti-Western stance, are on the one hand products of the problematic transformation period that is typical for post-communist countries. But they are products of a "populist Zeitgeist" in the West as well, with declining trust in representative democratic and supranational institutions, politicians, experts, and the mainstream media. The rise of politicians such as Nigel Farage in the UK, Marine Le Pen in France, Norbert Hofer and Heinz-Christian Strache in Austria, and, Donald Trump in the US are clear indications of this trend.