The “refugee crisis” and the transformation of the far right and the political mainstream: the extreme case of the Czech Republic

Wondreys, Jakub

doi:10.1080/21599165.2020.1856088

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“…To discuss our findings in the broader context it is important to acknowledge, that during the last decade, following the 2015 European migrant "crisis" extremist, far-right political movements increased their influence using concerns about immigration, globalization, and religion across Europe (Wondreys, 2021;Mudde, 2016). Far-right political parties polarized societies in Central and Eastern Europe (Mudde, 2019;Krzyżanowski, 2020).…”

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“…From what was described in the previous sections, OECD's global competence does promote gender and racial equality, cosmopolitanism, multiculturalism, environmentalism, human rights protection, pro-immigrant attitudes, individual responsibility, and other principles that might be interpreted with caution by societies that have high population share of self-identified political right. It has been argued, that right-wing politics promote views that represent conservative and traditional cultural values (Mudde, 2016;Wondreys, 2021), also it is claimed, that right-leaning people having more pronounced negative attitudes towards immigrants throughout Europe (Inglehart and Norris, 2016;Deimantas, 2021). Thus, one could hypothesize, that OECD's global competence results might be negatively associated with the right-leaning population.…”

Section: Global Competence and Right-leaning Populationmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Associations Between Global Competence and Right-Leaning Population: Evidence From PISA 2018 and European Social Survey

Vaitekaitis

Stumbrienė²

2022

ActPaed

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This study explores the relationship between 15-year-olds results in the PISA 2018 assessment of global competence and citizens’ political views. In particular, we look at the correlations of 18 EU nation-states citizens’ political preferences (right-leaning) and students’ non-cognitive skills, attitudes, and values. Data from the OECDs’ PISA global competence and European Social Survey for the year 2018 were used. After the analysis, it can be presumed that the higher share of the right-leaning population in the country is associated with lower students’ global competencies.

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Section: Global Competence and Right-leaning Populationmentioning

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Associations Between Global Competence and Right-Leaning Population: Evidence From PISA 2018 and European Social Survey

Vaitekaitis

Stumbrienė²

2022

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“…Wondreys (2021:736) argues that this increase in 'anti-immigrant' rhetoric 'led to the radicalisation of the political mainstream, which was not yet radicalised like in other countries in the region'. The mainstream parties, both on the right and on the left, opposed and securitised the issue (Krotký, 2019), resulting in the transformation of the Czech political system, which had been dominated by socio-economic rather than sociocultural concerns (Wondreys, 2021).…”

Section: 'Anti-immigrant' and Eurosceptic Attitudes In Czechiamentioning

confidence: 99%

The Legitimacy of European Union Migration and Asylum Policy among the Czech Public

Krotký¹,

Jaworsky²,

Kaniok³

2023

Czech Sociological Review

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In this study, we contribute to scholarly work on European Union (EU) legitimacy with regard to migration and asylum policy. We do so through an in-depth exploration of the relationship between attitudes towards the EU and migration among the Czech public. Even though there is a body of literature focusing on this topic, there is a gap when it comes to understanding its complexities, especially concerning 'pro-immigrant' and 'pro-European' positions. We bring a cultural-sociological perspective on meaning-making processes into conversation with theories on the legitimacy of the EU, an analytical move that helps us reveal the nuances in attitudes towards the EU and migration. Our results unpack the narratives surrounding the EU and migration and highlight the apparent cleavage between the 'pro-immigrant' and 'anti-immigrant' discourses that underpin migration attitudes among the Czech public. We find that notwithstanding some divisiveness, there exists considerable convergence along the three dimensions of legitimacy: input, output and throughput. Indeed, both camps challenge EU legitimacy, but they do so for different reasons and focus on different dimensions. The output aspect of EU legitimacy is the most problematic and criticised within both types of discourse. The input dimension is problematic only within the 'anti-immigrant' discourse, and the throughput dimension of EU legitimacy is rather neglected within both discourses. In empirical terms, these findings imply that, in the eyes of the Czech public, the EU-even for those who accept it as a legitimate actor with regard to asylum and migration policy-fails to deliver satisfactory results.

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“…Czechia also has a populist radical right party with Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), which scored 9.1% in the EP election. Freedom and Direct Democracy is led by Czech–Japanese entrepreneur Tomio Okamura and is a vocal anti-immigrant party, especially concerning immigration from Muslim countries (Wondreys, 2020). The party advocates greater use of direct democracy, among other things on continued EU membership – a reason for which SPD qualifies as hard Eurosceptic.…”

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European populism before the pandemic: ideology, Euroscepticism, electoral performance, and government participation of 63 parties in 30 countries

Taggart

Pirro

2021

Riv. ital. sci. polit.

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This contribution is conceived as a resource on the state of European populist parties before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. It reports on cross-national comparative findings generated by data collected from 30 European countries as to the state of populist parties in one calendar year (2019) and provides an extensive qualitative overview of the national cases. The article shows that while populist parties are preponderantly on the right, there is a significant degree of ideological variation among European populism. The data show significant diversity in their electoral performance but also that populist party participation in government is no longer a marginal phenomenon. The article ultimately elaborates on the various types of positions on European integration – from soft/hard Euroscepticism to lack thereof – and discusses the implications of their affiliation in the European Parliament.

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The “refugee crisis” and the transformation of the far right and the political mainstream: the extreme case of the Czech Republic

Cited by 16 publications

References 48 publications

Associations Between Global Competence and Right-Leaning Population: Evidence From PISA 2018 and European Social Survey

Associations Between Global Competence and Right-Leaning Population: Evidence From PISA 2018 and European Social Survey

The Legitimacy of European Union Migration and Asylum Policy among the Czech Public

European populism before the pandemic: ideology, Euroscepticism, electoral performance, and government participation of 63 parties in 30 countries

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