RADICAL PARTY SYSTEM CHANGES IN FIVE EAST-CENTRAL EUROPEAN STATES: EUROSCEPTIC AND POPULIST PARTIES ON THE MOVE IN THE 2010s

Ágh, Attila

doi:10.15388/bjps.2015.0.8878

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“…The discussion can help us conceptualise the problem of democratic decline under emergency situations (state of emergency, curfews, lockdown, etc) in general. But it also contributes to the ongoing discussion about democratic decline in post -communist Europe, which in some the post -communist regimes began well before the pandemic (Ágh 2015Kapidžić 2020;Stojarová 2020;Csaky 2020).…”

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“…Nearly all declines of democracy that happened after 2006 in post -communist Europe were initiated by right -wing, illiberal or populist cabinets. Ideology could play a significant role in the preference formation of such incumbents (Bustikova 2014;Ágh 2015;Rupnik;Bertelsmann 2018;Przeworski 2019;Bieber 2018;Kapidžić 2020;Kapidžić -Stojarová, 2021;Svolik et al 2023). Consider first the current state of affairs in the region.…”

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Does the state of emergency create an opportunity for democratic erosion? Lessons from post-communist Central and Southeast Europe

Pavlović

2023

Politics in Central Europe

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The paper’s key puzzle is the variation in lockdown-related democratic decline in the region of Central and Southeast Europe given the incumbents’ ideological and regime (dis)similarity. Why did similar regimes not respond to the pandemic in the same manner by using the opportunity to grab more executive power and diminish the authority of other institutions? While some argue that a state of emergency provides an ideal opportunity for democratic decline due to reduced costs, others believe that autocratic regimes with a ‘pre-existing condition for autocracy’ are more vulnerable. To contribute to this discussion, I examine three examples from post-communist Central and Southeast Europe (Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia) during the pandemic-related state of emergency and lockdowns of 2020 and 2021. I consider several relevant factors, the most important of which is the prospect of winning the next election. To erode democracy, autocratic incumbents must feel insecure about the outcome of the next election to use the opportunity created by the state of emergency. If they are uncertain of victory, they may prefer to expand their executive powers during the state of emergency, thus undermining democracy.

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Does the state of emergency create an opportunity for democratic erosion? Lessons from post-communist Central and Southeast Europe

Pavlović

2023

Politics in Central Europe

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Exit or Voice: Abstention and Support for Populist Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe

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Santana

2021

Problems of Post-Communism

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At odds with Europe: explaining populist radical right voting in Central and Eastern Europe

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Zagórski

Rama

2020

East European Politics

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RADICAL PARTY SYSTEM CHANGES IN FIVE EAST-CENTRAL EUROPEAN STATES: EUROSCEPTIC AND POPULIST PARTIES ON THE MOVE IN THE 2010s

Abstract: This paper, in addition to describing the historical trajectory of party systems in the new

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

Does the state of emergency create an opportunity for democratic erosion? Lessons from post-communist Central and Southeast Europe

Does the state of emergency create an opportunity for democratic erosion? Lessons from post-communist Central and Southeast Europe

Exit or Voice: Abstention and Support for Populist Radical Right Parties in Central and Eastern Europe

At odds with Europe: explaining populist radical right voting in Central and Eastern Europe

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