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Author:   Katharina Bluhm ,  Mihai Varga
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.589kg
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9781138496866

ISBN 10:   1138496863
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   23 August 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"1 Introduction: toward a new illiberal conservatism in Russia and East Central Europe Katharina Bluhm and Mihai Varga Part I. Genealogies 2 Russia’s conservative counter-movement: genesis, actors, and core concepts Katharina Bluhm 3 The universal and the particular in Russian conservatism Paul Robinson 4 Against ""post-communism"": the conservative dawn in Hungary Aron Buzogány and Mihai Varga 5 New conservatism in Poland: the discourse coalition around Law and Justice Ewa Dąbrowska 6 The national conservative parties in Poland and Hungary and their core supporters compared: values and socio-structural background Jochen Roose and Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski 7 ""Conservative modernization"" and the rise of Law and Justice in Poland Krzysztof Jasiecki Part II. Translations 8 The limits of conservative influence on economic policy in Russia Irina Busygina and Mikhail Filippov 9 The ""Budapest–Warsaw Express"": conservatism and the diffusion of economic policies in Poland and Hungary Ewa Dąbrowska, Aron Buzogány, and Mihai Varga 10 Gender in the resurgent Polish conservatism Agnieszka Wierzcholska 11 ""Traditional values"" unleashed: the ultraconservative influence on Russian family policy Katharina Bluhm and Martin Brand 12 Religious conservatism in post-Soviet Russia and its relation to politics: empirical findings from ethnographic fieldwork Tobias Köllner 13 Ready for diffusion? Russia’s ""cultural turn"" and the post-Soviet space Sebastian Schiek and Azam Isabaev 14 The emergence and propagation of new conservatism in post-communist countries: systematization and outlook Katharina Bluhm and Mihai Varga"

Reviews

New Conservatives is a highly important collection which offers far more than a standard set of well-researched case studies. Its original reframing of illiberal trends in post-Communist Europe as a new conservative challenge, and stress on reflexive actors rooted in the evolving civil and political societies of the region goes a long way to filling the widening gaps in current explanations that have been over-focused on party politics and over-reliant on generic models of a populist surge brought about by economic shocks and flagging Europeanization. - Sean Hanley, UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, London in The Slavonic and East European Review This excellent study [...] focuses on three cases which are rarely combined, i.e. Russia, Poland and Hungary. Comparing them not only allows us to spot their differences and similarities (vide: the great conclusion chapter by the editors) but also enables a deeper understanding of conservatism in the realities of the post-communist East Central Europe. - Alicja Curanovic, University of Warsaw in TRAFO - Blog for Transregional Research Over the past decade European democratic regimes have begun to take on the features of non-democracies by using legal restrictions on protest and constitutional amendments, refusing to register political parties and restricting referendums. This book focuses on how policymakers responsible for these changes self-legitimize and legitimize political decisions, which makes it a timely, interesting and relevant contribution to studies on illiberal democracies and contemporary political theory. - Joanna Rak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan in JCMS - Journal of Common Market Studies

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Katharina Bluhm is Professor of Sociology at the Freie Universität, Berlin. Mihai Varga is Senior Researcher and Lecturer at the Institute for East European Studies at the Freie Universität, Berlin.

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