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'This important and highly illuminating study demonstrates that extreme right parties mobilize against politically ascendant ethnic minorities, rather than in response to economic crises or widespread xenophobia. Bustikova's clear and rigorous analysis of the politics of ethnic resentment and backlash resonates well beyond the borders of post-communist Europe.' Anna Gryzmala-Busse, Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies, Stanford University, California 'In a work that is both timely and timeless, Bustikova explores the causes of radical right party popularity in Eastern Europe. Her book makes a convincing case for the role of ethnic minority accommodation - as opposed to economic insecurity or xenophobia - in shaping the calculus of radical right elite and voters. In doing so, she further advances an important correction to the longstanding claim that radical right fortunes can only be affected by the behavior of proximal parties.' Bonnie M. Meguid, University of Rochester, New York 'The best research monographs offer an original thesis on a highly relevant topic, test it on the basis of systematic, comparative research, and come to conclusions that have much broader consequences. Lenka Bustikova has written such a book! Extreme Reactions is crucial to understanding the radical right in Eastern Europe and also offers novel insights into the rise of the far right around the globe.' Cas Mudde, author of The Far Right Today

'This important and highly illuminating study demonstrates that extreme right parties mobilize against politically ascendant ethnic minorities, rather than in response to economic crises or widespread xenophobia. Bustikova's clear and rigorous analysis of the politics of ethnic resentment and backlash resonates well beyond the borders of post-communist Europe.' Anna Gryzmala-Busse, Michelle and Kevin Douglas Professor of International Studies, Stanford University, California 'The best research monographs offer an original thesis on a highly relevant topic, test it on the basis of systematic, comparative research, and come to conclusions that have much broader consequences. Lenka Bustikova has written such a book! Extreme Reactions is crucial to understanding the radical right in Eastern Europe and also offers novel insights into the rise of the far right around the globe.' Cas Mudde, author of The Far Right Today 'In a work that is both timely and timeless, Bustikova explores the causes of radical right party popularity in Eastern Europe. Her book makes a convincing case for the role of ethnic minority accommodation - as opposed to economic insecurity or xenophobia - in shaping the calculus of radical right elite and voters. In doing so, she further advances an important correction to the longstanding claim that radical right fortunes can only be affected by the behavior of proximal parties.' Bonnie M. Meguid, University of Rochester, New York

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Lenka Bustikova is Associate Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University. She serves as editor of East European Politics. She received the 2015 Best Article Prize, awarded by the American Political Science Association's European Politics and Society Section, and the 2017 Best Paper Prize, awarded by the American Political Science Association's Comparative Democratization Section.

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