In this important and accessible study, Rafal Pankowski makes
sense of the rapid growth of organized radical nationalism on the
political level in Poland by showing its origins, its internal
dynamics and the historical, political, social and cultural context
that has made it possible.
From political obscurity to the heart of mainstream politics,
the recent rise of the extreme right in the Polish context
surprised many observers. In the 1990s Poland was usually referred
to as a country without significant extremist or populist
movements. It was considered to be a stable, even if young,
democracy, and 'extremists' were perceived as just a little
nuisance to the liberal-democratic consensus. By the mid-2000s, the
picture changed completely, two populist radical right parties
entered into a coalition government with the right-wing
conservative Law and Justice Party. All of a sudden, racist
extremist affiliations were not a hindrance to a high-level career,
but were tolerated or even seemed positively valued. The entrance
of extremists into state structures was no longer a matter of
isolated individual cases, but took on systemic features.
Presenting a detailed analysis of the Polish national populism, the
book will use theories of social movements (in particular the
concept of discursive opportunity structure), as well as relevant
theories of transition and democratization. In particular, the
specific cultural resources of Polish nationalist populism are to
be analyzed because they are deemed to be among principal reasons
for the relative success of the radical nationalists and their
particular brand of identity politics
The book not only provides a detailed analysis of Polish
nationalism but will also have a much broader trans-national
significance, essential reading for scholars of national populism
in the context of post-communism and beyond.
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