Elections provide signals. They signal the state of public opinion, the robustness of a
democracy and the direction of democratic travel. Poland and Slovakia went to the polls in …

Based on in-depth research in Poland and Slovakia, Domesticating Neo-Liberalism
addresses how we understand the processes of neo-liberalization in post-socialist cities …

Recent years have witnessed significant democratic erosion, particularly in eastern Europe.
This article suggests that the explanations of democratic backsliding, largely focused on …

Shifting our understanding of populism from a question of core identity to a description of
party appeals allows for a neutralization of the term's negative connotations by allowing that …

Focusing on the rising support for the populist right in Eastern Europe, this book examines
how anger and resentment towards minorities is being utilized in politics. Bustikova details …

When political'extremists'-organized into parties that compete openly and successfully in
democratic elections-enter the conventional institutional arena, how do mainstream actors …

In theory, flexible list systems are a compromise between closed-list and open-list
proportional representation. A party's list of candidates can be reordered by voters if the …

This article presents electoral developments and mobilization issues of the extreme right
political parties between 1993 and 2016. It analyzes the changes in the extreme right …

Party politics across Central and Eastern Europe has become less structured. Many of the
divides that anchored political competition have waned in recent years, weakening the …

Background From the mid-1990s, Czech party politics has been dominated by a left–right
socio-economic battle between the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) and the Civic …