New conservatives in Russia and East Central Europe
by Bluhm, Katharina Varga, Mihai
"This book explores the emergence, and in Poland, Hungary, and Russia the coming to power, of politicians and political parties rejecting the consensus around market reforms, democratisation, and rule of law that has characterised moves towards an 'open society' from the 1990s. It discusses how over the last decade these political actors, together with various think tanks, intellectual circles and religious actors, have increasingly presented themselves as "conservatives", and outlines how thes…
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- Full title :New conservatives in Russia and East Central Europe / edited by Katharina Bluhm and Mihai Varga.
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"This book explores the emergence, and in Poland, Hungary, and Russia the coming to power, of politicians and political parties rejecting the consensus around market reforms, democratisation, and rule of law that has characterised moves towards an 'open society' from the 1990s. It discusses how over the last decade these political actors, together with various think tanks, intellectual circles and religious actors, have increasingly presented themselves as "conservatives", and outlines how these actors are developing a new local brand of conservatism as a full-fledged ideology which counters the perceived liberal overemphasis on individual rights and freedom, and differs from the ideology of the established, present-day conservative parties of Western Europe. Overall, the book argues that the 'renaissance of conservatism' in these countries represents variations on a new, illiberal conservatism that aims to re-establish a strong state sovereignly defining and pursuing national interests"--
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- Publication Date:2019.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019.
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- Description:1 online resource.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781351020282, 1351020285, 9781351020305, 1351020307, 9781351020299, 1351020293, 9781351020275, 1351020277
- oclc:on1088804627
- LC Classification:JC573.2.R8
- Dewey Decimal:320.520947
Table of Contents
Introduction : towards a new illiberal conservatism in Russia and Central Eastern Europe / Katharina Bluhm and Mihai Varga -- Russia's conservative counter-movement : genesis, actors and core concepts / Katharina Bluhm -- The universal and the particular in Russian conservatism / Paul Robinson -- Against "post-communism" : the conservative dawn in Hungary / Aron Buzogány and Mihai Varga -- New conservatism in Poland : the discourse coalition around law and justice / Ewa Dąbrowska -- The national conservative parties in Poland and Hungary and their core supporters compared : values and socio-structural background / Jochen Roose and Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski -- "Conservative modernization" and the rise of law and justice in Poland / Krzysztof Jasiecki -- The limits of conservative influence on economic policy in Russia / Irina Busygina and Mikhail Filippov -- The "Budapest-Warsaw express" : conservatism and the diffusion of economic policies in Poland and Hungary / Ewa Dąbrowska, Aron Buzogány, and Mihai Varga -- Gender in the resurgent Polish conservatism / Agnieszka Wierzcholska -- "Traditional values" unleashed : the ultraconservative influence on Russian family policy / Katharin…
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